Tuesday, October 22, 2013
oddly enough
Man calls cops for theft from Pa. workers’ fridge
BREINIGSVILLE, Pa.
If you ever had your lunch disappear from the office refrigerator, consider what one southeastern Pennsylvania man did: He called the cops.
KYW-TV in Philadelphia reports that Upper Macungie Township police were called Oct. 10.
That’s when, according to a police news release, an employee at Wakefern Food Corp. reported “that an unknown person stole his Jell-O brand strawberry Jell-O snack from the break-room refrigerator.”
Police say the 39-year-old victim was angry because this wasn’t the first time someone had stolen his food.
So far, police say the thief hasn’t been caught. Police say in a news release that the case remains under investigation.
‘Duck Dynasty’ scarecrow heist brings $1,000 reward offer
BALL GROUND, Ga.
Police in Georgia are offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest of whoever stole a scarecrow portraying Uncle Si Robertson from the TV show “Duck Dynasty.”
The scarecrow, which features the popular character from the reality show wearing camouflage and sitting on a hay bale with his legs crossed, went missing between Wednesday night and Thursday morning in the town of Ball Ground about 50 miles north of Atlanta.
City Clerk Karen Jordan tells the Cherokee Tribune that the scarecrow was a favorite in the city’s inaugural scarecrow contest.
Four moms of fourth-graders at Ball Ground Elementary School spent more than 40 hours to make the scarecrow. One of them, Allison Martin, said she couldn’t believe someone would swipe their children’s favorite character.
Thief returns Pa. boy’s giant 255-pound pumpkin
YORK, Pa.
A thief has returned a 255-pound pumpkin that a central Pennsylvania boy won by correctly guessing its weight — along with a note apologizing for the theft.
Nine-year-old Jaiden Newcomer of York won the pumpkin at an Oktoberfest celebration in Windsor Township. He had displayed the giant pumpkin on his family’s porch until it was stolen last week.
But the York Dispatch reports the pumpkin was back on the family’s porch Sunday evening after it returned from a weekend trip.
The thief also left a note saying: “I’m really sorry about taking your pumpkin, it was wrong of me, you earned the pumpkin, I didn’t think my actions through nor realize who they were affecting. Sincerest apologies.”
Amy Newcomer says her son is “very excited. He’s beside himself.”
Associated Press