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Odds and ends: Burglar left his 'card'
The woman was going through her purse after the burglary earlier this month to make sure nothing other the camera was taken, Detective Sgt. Tony Babl said.
She found the man's probation and parole card, which had a date and time stamp on it for his next appointment, he said.
"He must've had the card in his hand when he went into her purse," Babl said. "He doesn't even know how it got there."
The man had not yet been charged as of Saturday, though police plan to request burglary charges in the next week for at least eight incidents over the past three years, Babl said.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Prison inmates in New Zealand have been watching movies featuring hard-core violence, nudity, drug abuse and jail breaks.
Films screened during prisoner recreation time included "Kill Bill" and "Blow," the true story of a career drug dealer who teaches other inmates how to smuggle cocaine while in prison.
"Movies rated 'R' are supposed to be banned, yet there are hundreds of them on the list," said main opposition National Party shadow minister Simon Power.
Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor said there had been a breach in policy and the Corrections Department would implement "a vigorous vetting process."
The department made similar promises in 2002 when it was revealed inmates were frequently allowed to watch R-rated movies, the Dominion Post reported.
——— MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) - Thomas Haley was unloading supplies for his job at Hardy's Hardware when he said something odd caught his eye: the face of Jesus Christ on a piece of sheet metal.
Now, Haley and a co-worker are hawking the holy hardware on eBay, hoping potential bidders will agree that the blurry oil stain on the sheet metal does, indeed, resemble Jesus.
"I mean, it hasn't done anything miraculous as of yet, but seeing it is kind of groovy," said Haley, 23. "Just seeing it brightens people's day."
Haley said he was unloading a supply truck two weeks ago when he turned a corner and was awe-struck by the holy likeness gazing back at him from the $15.49 piece of sheet metal.
Since then, Haley and a co-worker have shown the piece to a few other workers and customers.
"Some people said, 'Are you sure it's Jesus?' and I think, 'Who else would come to give us a sign, Groucho Marx?' " Jackson said. "I think it's a good thing. Maybe it's trying to give some people hope."
The piece of sheet metal had drawn 22 bids by early Monday, with the highest bid so far at $362.
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FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A deputy who seized a cell phone from a man arrested on drug charges answered the phone and then agreed to meet the caller, who wanted to arrange a drug buy.
Travis Dean Davis, 32, and Walton Thomas Parrish II, 21, were arrested this past weekend and charged with attempting to purchase cocaine when they met the deputy and other officers at a nearby store, authorities said.
The original arrest was made earlier at a traffic checkpoint, when officers found marijuana and cocaine packed for sale in 24-year-old Brandon Lemorris Scott's car, deputies said.
Authorities seized his car, along with several cell phones, including the one used to make the second bust, deputies said.
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