ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Drunk baggage handler falls asleep in hold, flies to Chicago

CHICAGO

Police say a baggage handler told them he was drunk when he fell asleep in a cargo hold and flew from Kansas City to Chicago.

American Airlines says the Piedmont Airlines employee was working American Flight 363 on Oct. 27 when the Boeing 737 left Kansas City International Airport with the handler in a heated and pressurized cargo hold.

Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says he was found when the flight landed about an hour later at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. The spokesman says the handler told police he was intoxicated and had fallen asleep.

No charges were filed, and he was sent back to Kansas City.

American says it is grateful the handler wasn’t injured and it’s reviewing what happened. The handler’s name wasn’t released.

Bare buns: Half-naked woman falls through ceiling

KINGSPORT, Tenn.

Police in Tennessee say a half-naked woman fell twice through a restaurant’s ceiling and landed in its kitchen.

News outlets report 26-year-old Harley C. Morton was arrested recently on charges including trespassing and disorderly conduct.

A Kingsport police report says a Cook Out employee called 911 when the naked bottom half of a woman dropped through the ceiling tiles.

It says a responding officer found her wallet with her ID on the restaurant’s roof. Police say she may have got into the ceiling through an air-conditioning unit.

It says Morton fell through the ceiling again while the officer was on the roof. It says she landed on the floor and was arrested by other officers. It’s unclear if she has a lawyer.

Family thinks bones under home are missing father

BROOKHAVEN, N.Y.

A New York family says they’ve found human bones in their basement, and they believe the remains are that of their patriarch who disappeared half a century ago.

Michael Carroll says his adult sons found the remains recently while excavating the family home in Lake Grove. He says his father, George Carroll, disappeared in 1961 when he was about 8 months old, and his late mother said he “went out and never came back.”

According to Newsday , Suffolk County Chief of Detectives Gerard Gigante says police do not believe George Carroll was ever reported missing. Police say they will use dental records and DNA testing to confirm if the bones are his.

Gigante says it can take months before police can make a determination.

Associated Press