In Brief: Man steals car in first date disaster
Monday August 31 2009
A first date went from bad to worse when a man left his date to pay the restaurant bill -- and then stole her car.
Police say Terrance Dejuan McCoy (23) had dinner with a woman in a Detroit suburb in the US. The woman said the two had met a week earlier at a casino. She said that McCoy claimed to have left his wallet in her car and asked for the keys. He then sped away in the 2000 Chevrolet Impala. McCoy has been charged with taking the car unlawfully.
Burglar back for second helpings
Police in Florida said a burglar who made off with a man's valuables returned to the home later -- while investigators were there -- to steal what he couldn't carry on his first trip: a 45kg plasma-screen TV.
The robber had left the TV in the backyard and investigators were going to dust it for fingerprints. But hours after the first robbery -- and with a police investigator still in the house -- the burglar came back and took the TV. "They were all very embarrassed," the house's occupant, Steve Fluegge, said.
Arm-branding lawsuit settled
The family of a student who said a science teacher burned the image of a cross on his arm has settled a lawsuit with his former school.
The Mount Vernon school board in Virginia approved a $121,000 settlement with the family of the student, identified only as "James Doe". A similar suit by the family is still pending against the teacher, John Freshwater.
Returning soldier told father dead
A US soldier returning home from Iraq got grim news on his arrival -- that his father had just died in a car crash.
Police said Donnie Ferguson (55) died on Interstate 76 in northwestern Colorado. Mr Ferguson was on his way to welcome home his 23-year-old son Chris.
Woman injured in lawn roller attack
A woman is recovering after a heavy duty lawn roller careered into her tent.
Emma Winch (26) suffered minor head injuries in the incident at Aberaeron rugby club, west Wales. Police arrested 21 men yesterday. The woman had been attending a sevens festival at the club. Merthyr Youth Team has been thrown out of the competition.
