OFFBEAT NEWS:
The Coast Guard spotted a debris field in the eastern Pacific and decided to check it out. That’s when officials discovered a sea turtle trapped amongst packages of cocaine.
All in all, there were 26 packages of coke strung together, amounting to 800 kilos. The turtle had wire on its neck and fins and could have been trapped amongst the narcotics for a day or two. At this point, it’s unclear where the drugs came from.
The citizens of Scotland, Connecticut have gotten a bit more regal. The Scottish land preservation company Highland Titles has gifted all 1,694 residents a square-foot of land in Glencoe Wood, Scotland.
What’s more, the Connecticut Scots will also be given courtesy titles of Lord or Lady of Glencoe and instructions on how to visit their plots.
Not a resident of the stateside Scotland? You can still buy a piece of Glencoe, but you’ll need to pay. Prices start at $44 per square-foot.
Benjamin and Tina Gibson are new parents to little Emma Wren but her birth is anything but run of the mill. The embryo version of Emma was transferred to Tina earlier this year…after being frozen for 24 years.
The embryo of Emma was frozen back in 1992, just 18-months after 26-year-old Tina was born. Now, Emma is the longest-frozen embryo to successfully come to birth.
“Emma is such a sweet miracle,” dad Benjamin says. “I think she looks pretty perfect to have been frozen all those years ago.”
STUPID CRIMINALS:
Vincente Calogero and Sarah Nilson are bad parents. The Lancaster, California couple was arrested after they allegedly tried to trade their two sons for money or drugs. Official charges haven’t been filed but they’re facing charges of felony child endangerment, child neglect, and being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Hipolito Rodriguez might have gotten away with it if it weren’t for his sandals. The very casual criminal reportedly shot at power plant employees in Arlington, Arizona while wearing all black and a pair of sandals. He then walked home, which left a trail of footprints for officers to follow right to Rodriguez’s house. What’s more, the shoes he was wearing were made of recycled tires with numbers on them, which made for very easy to match prints. While the bullets Rodriguez fired hit the employees’ cars, the drivers were not hurt. Now 18-year-old Rodriguez is facing multiple charges, including aggravated assault.
A man in Brown Deer, Wisconsin was trying to be a good friend and go pick up his pal who had been arrested for drunk driving. It turns out that good friend had also knocked back a few drinks. Once the friend arrived at the police station to pick up the first drunkard, officers noticed something was off. Then the unidentified driver failed three different sobriety tests. He was hit with his own OWI charge on the spot. No word on what kind of state the third person who had to come pick up the first two drunks was in.
