Curses, foiled again
Police arrested a man they said bought fake drugs with fake money. Kyle Kochelek, 21, handed an undercover officer in Unicoi County, Tenn., “obviously bad money,” according to investigators, who pointed out to the Johnson City Press that some of the bills were printed on just one side.
After police arrested Elizabeth Russell, 45, and her 13-year-old daughter for shoplifting in Plainville, Conn., Daryll Russell, 47, came to the police station to bail out his wife and daughter, only to be arrested himself when a computer check turned up an outstanding warrant. The Hartford Courant reported that when son Jonathan Russell, 19, showed up to post bail for the three, police found he was wanted for violating probation and arrested him, too.
Capital punishment
Nicholas Hernandez, 25, who was charged with felony murder after being accused of killing two people while driving drunk in Harris County, Texas, last August, died when the car he was riding in struck a pole and rolled over in February. Authorities told the Houston Chronicle that the driver of the vehicle, Jose Resendez, 27, was drinking at the time.
Angel Galvan-Hernandez, 26, pleaded guilty to raping two women in Seattle and then begged Judge Julie Spector to sentence him to be executed rather than send him to prison because he fears that he will be raped. “I prefer death a thousand times over being raped,” Galvan- Hernandez said.
Pay attention
Andrew Riley was listening to his iPod at home in Pomfret, Conn., when his alarm company called to tell him his house was on fire. After firefighters were summoned and quickly extinguished the blaze, which started on the upper floor of the house, Riley said he was so engrossed in his music that he hadn’t smelled smoke or heard the smoke alarm go off.
Improbable cause
After Yorktown, Ind., police Officer Mike Daugherty arrested Daniel T. Doster Jr., 42, who faces charges of vicarious sexual gratification, he reported, “Daniel admitted to me that he was standing at the mailbox masturbating to show his neighbors who was boss.”
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