This Week in Stupid
By Joanna Miller in News on Oct 13, 2006 9:54PM
Is it true what they say about full moons? The people-going-crazy things they say? Well, there was a full moon last Friday and soon after came a whole bunch of stupid incidents. Coincidence? Maybe. Tune in next week to see if it’s true what they say about Friday the 13th.
On Monday, a 49-year-old South Side man bragged he could climb a tree, proceeded to climb said tree, promtly fell out of the tree and died. Wentworth Area detectives are investigating the incident.- A Hamilton, Ohio, prosecutor is out on bail after being caught on a security camera walking around naked in a government building after business hours. Scott Blauvelt, 35, has been charged with two counts of public indecency and faces up to a month in jail and a $250 fine if convicted.
- Ottawa County, Mich., is in a hairy situation after an unfortunate typo was printed on ballots for the upcoming November election. A total of 170,000 ballots were printed with the word “public,” minus the “L.” The error occurred in a portion of text regarding a ban on some types of affirmative action. It will cost the county $40,000 to reprint the ballots.
- A Wisconsin family is in for one awkward Thanksgiving dinner. Chad Rinas, a bartender at C.C. Cody’s Tavern in Fond du Lac, was identified as the man who recently robbed the restaurant. By his mother, who also owns the place with her husband. Rinas is being held on $40,000 cash bond.
- Iowa resident Marcy Gant, 31, is accused of offering to give her 4-year-old son as partial payment for a wedding dress. Her 4-year-old and 10-year-old sons have both been taken into protective custody, and Gant faces 10 years in prison if convicted.
- And then there was this Pennsylvania woman who used beat her boyfriend with her four-week-old baby. As in used it as a weapon, critically injuring the child. The whole thing makes us feel a little like puking. Actually, a lot like puking.
full moon in chicago via gezelle