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Friday, April 6, 2007

Thief trapped by 95-year old woman

BERLIN: A 95-year-old German woman solved a series of mystery thefts in a retirement home when she set a trap, hid in a toilet, and caught the thief red-handed.

"It was a real case of Miss Marple," said a police spokesman in the eastern town of Saalfeld on Thursday. "It's good to know there are still courageous old ladies out there."

The elderly sleuth left cash out in her room as bait and then withdrew to the toilet to lie in wait. A cleaner then entered and pocketed the money, unaware she was being watched.

"Then the old lady hit the alarm button in the toilet and staff in the home nabbed the cleaner," the spokesman said.

The cleaner, 36, later confessed to police she was responsible for other thefts from the home near the spa resort of Bad Lobenstein.

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Harry Potter Vandals caught

Ten youths have been arrested after Harry Potter's train, the Hogwarts Express, was attacked by vandals.

The train - famous for departing from imaginary platform 9 3/4 at London's King's Cross station - had numerous windows smashed by yobs.

The damage is expected to cost around £50,000 to repair, according to train operator West Coast Railways.

A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "Ten youths have been arrested after 337 windows were smashed on various trains at the West Coast Railway Company Depot in Carnforth, Lancashire.

"Ten males aged between 12 and 14, from Carnforth and surrounding areas, have all been arrested in connection to the incident.

"They have been released on police bail pending further inquiries to report back to British Transport Police in the first week of May."

Forensic experts spent several days at the depot in Carnforth, Lancashire, after the train was attacked on March 10.

This attack was the second on the Hogwarts Express.

In September 2003, graffiti was sprayed on a carriage as the train was parked near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, costing £3,000 to repair.

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Girls Gone Wild founder taking on Judge Gone Wild

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- The founder of the Girls Gone Wild video
empire defied a federal judge, repeatedly calling him a -- quote:
"judge gone wild" and refusing to surrender to U-S marshals in
Panama City.
U-S District Judge Richard Smoak ordered Joe Francis into
custody after settlement negotiations soured in a civil suit
brought by seven women who were underage when they were filmed by
Francis' company on Panama City Beach.
Francis drew the contempt order after lawyers for the women said
Francis shouted obscenities and threatened them during
negotiations.
Francis' attorneys appealed the order that would send him to
jail in an emergency motion. Smoak denied a request by Francis to
stay the order pending the appeal.
Smoak first ordered Francis arrested Saturday if he did not
reach a settlement in the case, but later suspended the order.
He reinstated the order in an emergency hearing Wednesday after
attorneys said Francis had altered the conditions of the offer,
making it unacceptable to their clients.
But Francis said yesterday that he was discontinuing settlement
talks and would take the case to trial.

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Fleeing Couple jump into River, man loses pants in process

A Cecil County couple attempting to flee city police yesterday by jumping into the Gwynns Falls in West Baltimore after police observed their stolen car being driven erratically were pulled from the cold stream by police and remain in custody.

The man, identified as Jesse Sandow, 28, of North East, is wanted by Delaware police on drug violations and auto theft, said Officer Christopher Warren, one of the arresting officers.

Sandow was expected to be extradited to Delaware.

About 8:30 a.m., Warren, of the Southwestern District, stopped a white Lincoln Town Car on Hilton Parkway between North Avenue and Edmondson Avenue after observing that the vehicle was being driven erratically.

When the car stopped, the driver and the woman got out and jumped into the Gwynns Falls, Warren said.

Warren said other officers arrived and that within minutes the man was found hiding under a rocky outcropping in the water.

The woman, Sandow's wife, made it to the opposite side of the 10-foot-wide stream and was captured by police who were waiting for her.

"They were both soaking wet, and the man's pants came off in the water," Warren said.

Sandow was taken by a city Fire Department ambulance to University of Maryland Medical Center, where he was treated for a sprained ankle and released into police custody.

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