ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Cops warn residents of men challenging others to rap battles

CHARLTON, Mass.

Police in a Massachusetts town are warning residents to be on the lookout for men challenging passers-by to rap battles.

Charlton police told WCVB-TV that a black SUV containing a group of men in their late teens or early 20s pulled up next to three teenage boys recently.

One of the men got out of the vehicle and started rapping. The other men then asked the teens if they wanted to “spit some bars” with them. When the boys declined, the men drove off. Police say it doesn’t appear to be an attempted abduction, but the boys were frightened.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Charlton’s website says it’s one of the 50 safest cities in Massachusetts.

State police suspect dumped buffalo trophy was stolen

CLARENDON, Vt.

The lost-and-found inventory of the Vermont State Police just got quite a large addition – a mounted African Cape buffalo head.

State police say they received a suspicious complaint around 9:30 a.m. March 13, directing them to a pull off along Route 103 in Clarendon, just south of Rutland, where the mount was located.

Police say they believe the mount was dropped off during the night and suspect it was stolen.

No other information is known about the mount.

The Cape buffalo is the largest of Africa’s wild bovines. It can range from 900 to 1,900 pounds. The buffalo is sought-after in big-game hunting.

Police say the trophy is worth thousands of dollars.

Anyone with information about the unusual find is asked to call state police.

Police: 2 stabbed with grilling fork in Myrtle Beach fight

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.

Authorities say two people were stabbed with a barbecue grilling fork after an argument in South Carolina.

Myrtle Beach police tell media outlets they responded to a stabbing call just before 1 a.m. March 12.

Two people told police one of them was trying to calm a man down after a fight when he bit the other on the face.

They say the man then grabbed a large barbecue grilling fork and that a prong went all the way through a woman’s hand. The other person was stabbed in the neck, according to the report. Further details weren’t available.

Police say they arrested a man and took him to jail, where he is awaiting warrants. It wasn’t known if he had an attorney.

Associated Press