ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Cops put parking lot crack cocaine in ‘lost and found’

WILKES-BARRE, Pa.

Police in northeastern Pennsylvania say they’ve put about $1,600 worth of crack cocaine in their “lost and found box” in hopes of reuniting the drug with its rightful owner.

The (Wilkes-Barre) Citizens’ Voice reported the drug was found in the parking lot of a shopping center outside Wilkes-Barre.

Wilkes-Barre Township police posted about the find on the department’s Facebook page. In a post headlined “FOUND ITEM,” police quipped the drug had been placed in the department’s “lost and found box” and invited the owner to come retrieve it.

The post requested a picture of the crack’s owner holding the drug, along with ID and a “written statement containing your claim to the crack.”

New NC eatery deluged by $300,000 water bill

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

Two brothers launching a new restaurant in North Carolina found themselves deluged by a $308,000 water bill. But now their water worries are over.

The Charlotte Observer reported that Faraz and Faisal Syed received the enormous bill in March, about two months before the Lazeez Mediterranean Grill had opened in that city. They say it covered just 13 days of service.

The brothers had the restaurant checked by a plumber and there were no leaks. They also say water was cut off three times before service was restored two weeks after the restaurant had opened.

Charlotte Water spokesman Cam Coley wouldn’t discuss specifics of what had happened, but said the issue was resolved. Coley said it sometimes takes weeks or months to resolve billing issues.

Renovation on NM church finds new visitors – bees

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

Two pastors renovating and working to reopen a historic New Mexico church found out they already had visitors – bees.

KOB-TV in Albuquerque, N.M., reports that Dee Brown and his wife, Bernadine, discovered the bees while working to remodel Emerge Church ABQ.

Both are pastors of the church targeting Albuquerque’s South Valley’s African American community.

The bees had swarmed one side of the church and threatened renovations.

A local bee rescuer offered to remove the honey makers for free.

Raymond Espinoza of Honeybee Rescue Farm removed the bees and planned to relocate them elsewhere amid large bee losses nationwide.

Associated Press