Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 20, 2005 at 9:43:00 AM CET
Sex 'bomb' causes panic at German post office
A parcel which vibrated and made strange noises caused panic in a post office in eastern Germany before it was revealed that it was an inflatable erotic doll, police said.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 15, 2005 at 9:07:00 AM CET
Pirates storm Indonesian tanker
Pirates have attacked a gas tanker in the Malacca Strait, kidnapping its captain and chief engineer for ransom, a watchdog said.
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said about 35 pirates with rocket launchers stormed the Indonesian-owned MT Tri Samudra late on Saturday.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 9, 2005 at 11:34:00 AM CET
Let's Leave Some Little Hamster Magazines, Too...
A German man who went on holiday left his stereo and lights on so that his pet hamster would not feel lonely in the empty apartment, a police spokesman said on Monday after breaking into it over fears the man may have died.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 6, 2005 at 2:11:00 PM CET
Woman arrested over 96 cents
Markeeta Gould, 26, says she was stunned and embarrassed when police arrested her Feb. 19 in front of her children.
Her alleged offense: failure to appear in court on a charge of failure to file a 2001 city income tax form. She says she owed the city only 96 cents.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 6, 2005 at 11:33:00 AM CET
Japanese woman tackles burglar to save designer wallet
A drunken Japanese burglar became a cropper when he tried to steal a young woman's designer wallet, police and reports said.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 4, 2005 at 9:21:00 AM CET
Swiss driver rapped for nighttime speeding spree
A young Swiss driver who was caught breaking the speed limit 19 times in a night was stripped of his driving licence, fined and given a suspended prison sentence. The 19 year-old had removed his number plates to avoid being identified as he repeatedly drove through two fixed speed traps near the Swiss capital Bern at speeds up to 40 kilometres per hour (27 miles per hour) above the limit.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 1, 2005 at 2:38:00 PM CET
Kangaroo Found in Storm Remains a Mystery
Authorities in southern Wisconsin have discovered that capturing a kangaroo in a snowstorm isn't the hard part. It's finding out where the animal came from.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 1, 2005 at 12:13:00 PM CET
Nude Man Covered in Cheese Gets Probation
A man caught by police last summer on his 23rd birthday running naked and covered in nacho cheese pleaded guilty Monday to burglary and four other charges.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 27, 2005 at 4:06:00 PM CET
Underwater bike ride to launch students' eight-week crime spree
As US coast-to-coast crimewaves go, it is not in the league of Bonnie and Clyde. It lacks both violence and avarice and is further hindered by an overabundance of pre-publicity.
Undeterred, a couple of students from Cornwall are intent on making American criminal history by spending their summer breaking as many US laws as possible.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 23, 2005 at 4:28:00 PM CET
Thieves steal swimming pool
A Norwegian family's swimming pool wasn't just bolted down, it was in the ground. But that wasn't impediment to a band of determined thieves.
When the Nicolaysen family visited their mountain cabin over the weekend, they discovered a big hole in the yard in place of the swimming pool that had been installed 20 years ago.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 12, 2005 at 2:39:00 PM CET
Schuss auf belgischen Skifahrer
Beim Skifahren im Zillertal ist am Freitagvormittag ein 15-Jähriger Belgier angeschossen worden. Das Projektil verletzte den Schüler am Gesäß. Ein Täter konnte noch nicht ermittelt werden, möglicherweise handelt es sich um eine verirrte Kugel.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 6, 2005 at 12:49:00 PM CET
Miami cops find millions of missing nickels
Police hit paydirt Friday, digging up 3.6 million nickels that disappeared along with a trucker who was supposed to deliver them to the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans.
Authorities found the $180,000 in coins buried in a one-metre hole in the backyard of a suburban-Miami home. The nickels, still stored in their Federal Reserve bags, were in a wooden box, covered with a plastic tarp.
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