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Cross-dressing purse-snatcher loses fake breast during crime
Source: TCPalm.com

A cross-dressing robber in Florida snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse Tuesday before a faux breast popped out of his tube top, according to a police report released Thursday.

Mother facing DUI charge calls daughter for help, who also gets charged with DUI
Source: TCPalm.com

If you're arrested on DUI charges, don't call someone to drive you home who might also be drunk. That's what one Florida woman apparently learned.

Jogger says he was hit by van then chased by the driver
Source: TCPalm.com

According to a Martin County Sheriffs Office arrest report, a jogger was crossing Ebbtide Avenue in Stuart when a van hit him.

Grandma accused of attacking worker trying to thwart granddaughter's alleged shoplifting at mall
Source: TCPalm.com

When a store employee detained the girl and began filling out paperwork about the theft of a $9 pair of sunglasses, the girl started to cry, and the grandmother tried to walk away with her, according to the arrest report.

Florida man flees liquor store with bottles in his pants
Source: TCPalm.com

The cashier and manager told the man to "hand over the merchandise that he had concealed in his pants," according to a police report. The man with the bulging pants gave up two bottles of Hennessy cognac before running away with a couple of additional bottles.

Obscene message on golf ball leads to confrontation in Florida course's parking lot
Source: TCPalm.com

A man and his friend passed a foursome who earlier ignored the pair's request to play through. The man commented on letting them pass. He then wrote an obscene message on a golf ball and placed it in the next hole for the men to find.

Dress-wearing man arrested after allegedly propositioning women in Florida
Source: TCPalm.com

A dress-wearing man named Nanu Banu was arrested after exposing his underwear and propositioning women with a wad of cash, according to an arrest affidavit released Tuesday.

Witness with cell phone camera says kids put dead critters in Florida resident's mailbox
Source: TCPalm.com

Instead of mail, the resident's 64-year-old mother found a dead lizard, dead frog and — perhaps stinkiest of all — a small dead fish in the mailbox when she checked it April 4, according to an incident report released Thursday.

Florida man's baggy shorts thwart run from police
Source: TCPalm.com

The suspect left his car, "bunched up his shorts with his hands" and started running, but the shorts soon fell to the ground, as did the man, according to the report. Officers caught up with him and found 15 baggies of marijuana in his pockets, according to a police report.

Wife-in-drum killer jailed for 21 years
Source: The Age

A man who murdered his wife and kept her remains in a 44-gallon drum for 23 years will spend 21 years in jail. In February, a Supreme Court jury found Frederick William Boyle, 58, of Carrum Downs guilty of murdering his first wife Edwina Boyle.

Christmas present theft turns into hot lead exchange
Source: The Denver Post

Four theft suspects in Pueblo got into a shoot-out with police Wednesday over - of all things - wrapped Christmas presents under a tree.

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