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This edition of Stolen from the Headlines covers a raft of late-breaking cell phone bulletins, a couple of guys who decided to rob a café after first stealing their getaway vehicle, a man who couldn’t wait to show off his latest tech toy, and a home invasion featuring bathroom snacks.
Pig’s in the News
Originally reported by Flathead Beacon
1:24 a.m. A Kalispell woman called 911 because her husband and his buddy were drunk and being loud. She wanted advice on how to deal with them.
11:09 a.m. A Columbia Falls resident called 911 to complain that his neighbor’s goat keeps walking in his yard. The owner of the goat was confronted with this news and said he never knew his goat friend left the property.
2:30 p.m. A Kalispell resident was worried about her neighbor’s pig named Pig. Apparently, Pig has not left his little pig house in a number of days.
2:33 p.m. A Columbia Falls man met a woman online who convinced him to send her money so she could visit him. Not long after sending her the money, the woman told the man that she had been kidnapped on her trip to visit him and that she needed more money so that she could be freed to continue her journey. The man called 911.
3:11 p.m. A Somers resident moved out of their rental and left three cats behind, much to the dismay of the landlord.
8:29 p.m. A private investigator had secret documents to deliver in Columbia Falls.
11:17 p.m. Someone was being rude on social media.
11:41 p.m. A Kalispell woman setting the alarm on her phone accidentally called 911 instead.
If I Had a Hammer…
Originally reported by United Press International
Australian police shared video from a failed burglary involving a man who chose a hammer to smash his way into a café.
Victoria Police said the video, recorded just after 6 p.m. on March 3 by security cameras at the Burnside Heights café, shows two men pull up in a Nissan Maxima sedan that had been reported stolen. A man with his face covered gets out of the vehicle and starts using a hammer to strike the glass door of the café. The man succeeds only in making a small hole in the door, and his attempts to expand the opening prove to be slow-going. The man eventually gives up and gets back into the car, but not before struggling with the locked door of the vehicle.
Police said the two men are also believed to have been involved in a home invasion and armed robbery the previous day.
The Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit is attempting to identify the suspects, police said.
They may want to check their Dumb and Dumber Files.
Great Minds Seminar Continues
Originally reported by Associated Press
A Florida man wound up in jail after his dashboard camera showed police more than he intended.
The Palm Beach Post reports that after 25-year-old Xavier Moran was involved in a crash on April 5, he told a sheriff’s deputy that he had been cut off by another driver and could prove it with his dashboard camera. He then signed a consent waiver to search the camera.
When the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy reviewed the footage, he saw Moran burglarizing a beauty store. Authorities say the video showed Moran taking a baseball bat from the trunk and someone using the bat to break the glass door to the store.
Another computer whiz bites the dust.
While You Were Out
Originally reported by WOKV
Louisiana police say a woman came home to discover a naked stranger in her tub, eating her Cheetos while taking a bath.
A Monroe police affidavit says 29-year-old Evelyn Washington was arrested on burglary and property damage charges.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that a responding officer found “a full tub of water and a plate of food along with half-eaten Cheetos belonging to the victim on the toilet next to the tub.”
Washington told the homeowner and police that an unknown male had told her to break into the house. Police found a tall ice chest under a broken window. It’s unclear if she has a lawyer.
Speaking of clarity, it’s good to know the half eaten Cheetos—not the victim—were found on the toilet.
