ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

SoCal teacher arrested in alleged drunken teaching

THERMAL, Calif.

A Southern California school teacher has been arrested after reportedly teaching while drunk.

Toro Canyon Middle School teacher Tonya Neff was taken to the Indio jail last week and booked for investigation of felony child endangerment.

Administrators at Thermal’s Toro Canyon Middle School told the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department that the 47-year-old teacher was apparently intoxicated on campus.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Tapp says Neff had taken prescription drugs and alcohol and an alcoholic beverage was found inside a container.

Coachella Valley school district Superintendent Ricardo Medina says there was never a threat to Neff’s seventh-grade students. Neff has been placed on leave.

Something foul is afoot in Conn. girl’s sneakers

MONTPELIER, Vt.

An 11-year-old from Connecticut has the most disgusting shoes in America.

Trinette Robinson of Bristol, Conn., was crowned the winner of the 35th annual National Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker contest last week in Montpelier, Vt.

Her sneakers were judged the most vile on the basis of their condition and odor.

She says she got them dirty by playing hard in Girl Scout Camp and doing community walks for charity.

She was among nine kids ages 6 to 16 competing in the contest.

She wins $2,500 and an expenses-paid trip to New York City.

The runner up was 6-year-old Madilyn Taylor of West Jordon, Utah.

Police: Robbers called Conn. bank for money to go

FAIRFIELD, Conn.

Police in Connecticut say they had ample warning of a bank robbery because the two suspects called the bank ahead of time and told an employee to get a bag of money ready.

Police arrested 27-year-old Albert Bailey and an unidentified 16-year-old boy on charges involving robbery and threatening last week at a People’s United Bank branch in Fairfield.

Sgt. James Perez says the two Bridgeport residents showed up about 10 minutes after making the call and were met by police in the parking lot.

Perez told the Connecticut Post the suspects were “not too bright.”

It’s not clear if Bailey and the teen have lawyers.

Associated Press