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Cops: NY woman arrives drunk to pick up DWI friend

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LAFAYETTE, N.Y. (AP) -- Troopers have charged a 22-year-old upstate New York woman with aggravated driving while intoxicated after she showed up drunk at the state police barracks to give a ride to a friend who had been arrested earlier for DWI. Troopers said Stacy Kolinski had a blood alcohol level of .20 percent - more than double the legal limit - when she arrived at the Lafayette barracks 10 miles south of Syracuse around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Kolinski came to the barracks to give a ride to 34-year-old George Reddick who was stopped for speeding earlier Sunday morning and charged with DWI and misdemeanor criminal possession of cocaine.

Reddick and Kolinski were both issued tickets to appear in town court at a later date. Troopers said they don't know if they have lawyers.


Iowa mom repeatedly whacks intruder with toy bat

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- A woman surprised by a man in the front room of her home near Council Bluffs grabbed a plastic toy bat and hit him repeatedly until he ran out the front door. The Pottawattamie County sheriff's office said the 26-year-old woman was taking a bath Wednesday night with her 3-year-old child when she noticed a cat who normally stays outside had entered the bathroom. Thinking this odd, she dressed and walked into the front room, where she saw a man standing over her 4-year-old son, who was sleeping in a recliner.

She yelled for him to leave and threatened to call 911, but he hit her in the head.

She then grabbed the bat and hit him multiple times until he ran away.

The sheriff's office said the woman didn't know the man.


Man pleads guilty to DWI in motorized La-Z-Boy

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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his automatic La-Z-Boy armchair while drunk. A criminal complaint said 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told badge he larboard a bar in the arctic Minnesota town of Proctor on his armchair after bubbler eight or nine beers.

Prosecutors say Anderson's blood alcohol content was 0.29, added than three times the legal limit, when he crashed into a parked vehicle in August 2008. He was not seriously injured.

Police said the armchair was powered by a adapted lawnmower and had a stereo and cup holders.

Sixth Judicial District Judge Heather Sweetland stayed 180 days of jail time Monday and ordered two years of probation for Anderson. His attorney, David Keegan, did not immediately return a call for comment.

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Information from: Duluth News Tribune, http://www.duluthsuperior.com


Cops: Man claims bag of stolen goods just sex toys

SALEM, Mass. (AP) -- A man has been arrested for breaking into three cars afterwards badge spotted him carrying a apprehensive bag he said was filled with his above wife's sex toys. Michael Conway was ordered Monday held on $5,000 banknote bond for abomination larceny. However, he was detained without bond on the acquittal violations.

According to a badge report, the 34-year-old was apparent by a Salem patrolman about 3 a.m. Monday walking about town with an abandoned bag. An hour later, badge saw Conway with a full bag.

Conway told badge he was carrying his above wife's sex toys. But inside badge said they found acclaim cards, an iPod, a GPS accessory and a number of other items.

Conway interrupted his attorney at his arraignment to tell Salem District Court Judge Richard Mori he had a drug problem.

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Information from: The Salem News, http://www.salemnews.com

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Police stop driver for 15 violations in 11 minutes

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GOSSAU, Switzerland (AP) -- Authorities say an Italian man took adventuresome driving to new heights in 11 frantic minutes of traffic violations in eastern Switzerland. They said they first spotted the 47-year-old driver as he sped his jeep accomplished an unmarked badge car at 160 kph (100 mph) in a rainstorm Sunday.

Driving dangerously abutting to other cars on the autobahn, he then allegedly ignored badge attempts to cull him over - first with a stop sign, and then with flashing lights and sirens.

Police say the man drove through a architecture zone at 140 kmh (87 mph), nearly twice the acceleration limit, before actuality stopped.

They seized the man's driver's license, and a judge ordered him activated for medications and illegal drugs.

Police said Monday the man racked up 15 traffic violations in 11 minutes.

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