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Offbeat News tagged with police

One Dead in Miley Cyrus Tour Bus Crash
Offbeat  (tags: transportation, crash, police, death, tour bus, news )

Lone
- 5 hours ago - people.com
tour bus transporting Miley Cyrus's crew was involved in a deadly crash outside Richmond, Va., on Friday.
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3 Accused of Using Craigslist to Rob People
Offbeat  (tags: police, craigslist, robbery, crime, bizarre )

Lone
- 6 hours ago - chicagobreakingnews.com
Three men are accused of using the popular Web site Craigslist to rob a number of people by luring them to alleys on the promise of selling them televisions and other items, Chicago police said
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Oldest Graffiti Vandal Arrested: 74-Year-Old Gets Tagged By Cops
Offbeat  (tags: graffiti, humor, funny, unusual, crime, police )

Lone
- 5 days ago - nydailynews.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 74-year-old man said to be the oldest graffiti vandal ever captured in Los Angeles County was arrested Friday, authorities said
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Bay Bridge S-Curve Death Highlights Safety Concerns
Offbeat  (tags: auto, wreck, death, police, cars )

Lone
- 10 days ago - sacbee.com
The dramatic fatal crash of a big rig Monday on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has spotlighted yet another safety concern on the troubled span.
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House Damaged in CTA Bus Crash to Be Demolished
Offbeat  (tags: bus, house, wreck, police, women, unusual )

Lone
- 10 days ago - chicagobreakingnews.com
CTA officials and police this afternoon were still investigating why a bus crashed into the side of a house at 115th Street and Vincennes Avenue, injuring four people
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Brazilian Man Turns Up Alive at His Own Funeral-As Is Customary in Brazil, the Funeral Was Held the Following Day.
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, odd, interesting, bizarre, auto, crime, humor, performance, police, safety, society, news )

Suzybell
- 11 days ago - metro.co.uk
A Brazilian man who was thought to have been killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family when he turned up alive at his funeral. Relatives of bricklayer Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a car crash on Sunday night, pol
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Fatal End to Brooklyn Road Rage: Driver Shoots Man, Attempts Escape in UPS Truck
Offbeat  (tags: Road rage, murder, crime, police )

Lone
- 16 days ago - nydailynews.com
A road-rage clash ended in murder in Brooklyn Tuesday when a hotheaded driver shot another motorist who then tried to escape by jumping into a delivery truck, police and witnesses said.
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Bandit Hits Same Bank 3 Times
Offbeat  (tags: bank robber, same one, unusual, police, off-beat )

Lone
- 16 days ago - news.aol.com
Miami (Nov. 3) -- They say he's a man of few words, and he's almost a regular. So, when the stocky man wearing dreadlocks walked into a Bank Atlantic branch in Tamarac, Fla., one teller knew exactly what to do.
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Rapping at McDonalds Not Allowed in Utah, Apparently-- Watch Video
Offbeat  (tags: children, teens, bizarre, environment, culture, crime, off-beat, performance, interesting, police, safety, society, unusual, ethics, funny, goodnews, custom )

Suzybell
- 17 days ago - metro.co.uk
A McDonalds restaurant in Utah called the police because four teenagers were rapping their orders at a drive-through window.The police, taking this sort of heinous crime very seriously, issued disorderly conduct citations to the teenagers. The teens said
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Cop & His Wife Call 911 Dying of Pot Brownie Overdose :)   video
Offbeat  (tags: cops, corruption, law, stupid, marijuana, video, funny, crime, etics, bizarre, culture, humans, humor, odd, off-beat, society, police, interesting, performance )

Barb
- 26 days ago - youtube.com
Officer resigned, no charges filed for stealing marijuana...
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Police Seize Wolf, Say It Might Be A Dog
Offbeat  (tags: authorities, seized dog, not wolf, police )

Simone
- 28 days ago - postchronicle.com
Authorities in Minnesota said a seized animal that was sold as a wolf, but may actually be a dog, will be given a new home. Austin Police said a city man purchased the animal, named Dakota, through Craigslist
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Mohawk Tribe Promises No Questions Asked at Gun Buyback
Offbeat  (tags: Native Americans, guns, news, police, buy back )

Lone
- 29 days ago - standard-freeholder.com
CORNWALL - The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe is offering, for the first time, a no-questions-asked gun amnesty aimed at promoting public safety and discouraging violent crime in Akwesasne.
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Sheriff: Criminal Charges to Be Filed in 'Balloon Boy' Case
Offbeat  (tags: hoax, crime, police, bizarre, unusual, odd, news )

Lone
- 33 days ago - argusleader.com
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A Colorado sheriff says criminal charges will be filed in the saga of a boy who was believed to be in balloon sailing across the high plains on Thursday, the Associated Press is reporting at this hour.
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Woman Calls Cops Over Stolen Marijuana Plants
Offbeat  (tags: environment, bizarre, interesting, funny, off-beat, performance, humans, unusual, odd, police, safety, society, humor, health, design, culture, crime, ethics )

Suzybell
- 35 days ago - metro.co.uk
In a further example of how some people haven't quite grasped what it is the police do, a woman called the cops to report the fact that her marijuana plants had been stolen. According to police the 54-year-old woman from Brant Township in Michigan called
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Long Dead Grouse Gets the Last Laugh
Offbeat  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalwelfare, crime, cruelty, environment, ethics, GoodNews, habitat, humans, investigation, killed, killing, law, protection, society, wildanimals, wildlife, americans, animals, bizarre, envir )

Wolfweeps
- 37 days ago - alaskadispatch.com
An easy shot at dinner turned out to be costly for 33-year-old Rockmon Davisson of Sterling, according to Alaska Wildlife Troopers, who caught Davisson ground-sluicing a grouse on the Kenai Peninsula Monday. Two problems for Davisson: One, the grouse in
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