I wish I could make up these stories sometimes. Its a fantastic way to start or end your day. As I watch 24 followed by Heroes, I realized that 24 is becoming predictable and Heroes is slowly loosing its appeal. Luckily I have found some stories that brightened my day. As always, links to the full stories appear at the bottom.

Batman without a mask, is just a weird guy in a rubber suit!

Florida’s local Batman had his custom made mask returned. Iam Nichols had his masked seized, while eating sushi, due to a Florida Law that states, “Its Illegal to wear a mask, if you are violating someone’ civil rights or committing a crime.” Nichols’ attorney, Kevin Hayslett, said police didn’t read the whole law.

Luckily, superhero endorsing Hillsborough County Judge John Conrad ordered authorities today to return the custom-made Batman mask they confiscated.The judge also granted a defense motion to dismiss the misdemeanor charge against Nichols, who frequently shows up in Ybor City dressed as Batman.

If you made billions in fraud, are you still a billionaire?

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford has “a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme”. They officially charged him with over $8 Billion in investment fraud. The SEC said the fraud was “based on false promises and fabricated historical return data”. A US judge has frozen the assets of Sir Allen and all the other defendants. They even went as far to freeze the assets of the Antigua-based Stanford International Bank (SIB).

The SEC said that Stanford International Bank sold approximately $8bn worth of certificates of deposit to investors, promising “improbable and unsubstantiated high interest rates”.

The bank was “operated by a close circle of Stanford’s family and friends”, the SEC said in a statement.

“We are alleging a fraud of shocking magnitude that has spread its tentacles throughout the world,” said Rose Romero of the SEC.

Snagged by a Snuggie…You’re having a bad day.

Yvonne Morris was working at the Brickyard Animal Hospital, when she noticed a young man walking past her office. A few minutes later she heard a car alarm going off. She said she saw a man riffling through the car of one of her co-workers. “The person I saw in her front seat was not her,” said Morris who immediately headed out to the parking lot, stopping along the way to tell the receptionist to call police.

“He came out of the building got, in front of the car and yelled ‘Hey!’” and that is when Frederic Blaze took off. “He moseyed up the hill and took off around the corner and I just followed him,” said Morris.

As he ran, she chased him down, until he slipped on some loose gravel. she grabbed the man by his hoodie, but this ninja-like cat burglar, he was able to slip out of the hoodie. As he kept running she chased him down and was able to subdue him.

“I grabbed the back of his pants which in turn ended up to be his under garments,” said Morris. she admits, “In hindsight, yeah there is probably a lot of things that could have gone wrong but thankfully they didn’t.”

As for Baze he faces burglary and possession of stolen property charges. He was caught with an iPod and a debit card.

You are not the chosen one, but I know Kung Fu!

Rex Maresh is the owner of a store called, “The Bird Cage” in Council Bluffs. Last May a man tried to steal an iguana by stuffing it down his pants and was later retrieved, was hit again by another robber.

This Sunday, Maresch, 46, said he followed a man out of the store at 2719 E. Kanesville Blvd. after noticing a puppy was missing. The man tucked the puppy inside his trench coat and started to run. Maresch, who trains in martial arts, again gave chase over a missing animal.

The man into the back of the story to join his puppy napping goons. Once back inside, Maresch said three men surrounded him near the store’s cash register. He said he felt the men were trying to intimidate him.

“I smiled like – All right, we’re going to rumble,” he said. “It was three against one, but I’m ready. When he saw I wasn’t going to back down, he threw the dog at me.”

Kung Fu Master Maresch caught the $600 bichon-poos mix. Maresch told them police had been called. The group (3 men and 2 girls) ran from the store, and a second chase was on.

The police stopped the vehicle and a 26-year-old man was taken into custody. Maresch received a call about 1:30 a.m. from a nearby bar owner telling him that the store had been vandalized. When asked about chasing after the theif, he said, “I just wanted my dog back.”

Links
Batman arrest for eating sushi, not caviar
Fraud is easy, until you get caught with 8 Billion.
Wedgies the new crime fighting tool
I know Kung Fu!

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