Drunk driver got into 10 hit-and-run wrecks before being stopped, police say

Story is from Arizona. A motorcyclist was hurt in one encounter. The suspect faces a slew of charges, including Super DUI.

Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!

Mugger steals woman's bank deposit, escapes on skateboard

Only in Arizona ...

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Okie teen accused of stabbing other girl after fighting over boy on MySpace

They allegedly met at a local QuikTrip shortly before midnight to settle each other's hash, the Tulsa World reports. The victim got jabbed in the arm, but should live. The suspect is 14, the victim 15.

DON'T LOOK, ETHEL!

From Christine Vendel:

An inmate escaped from Kansas City police headquarters this afternoon, stripped off his jail uniform and ran onto an interstate in his underwear.

The incident began about 12:45 p.m. when Spencer L. Rounds, 38, appeared in city court on assault and indecent conduct charges.

After his court appearance, Rounds was escorted through a tunnel that connects the city courthouse with police headquarters. He was escorted up a ramp to a waiting bus that was going to take him back to the Municipal Correctional Institution at 8100 Ozark Road.

But instead of boarding the bus, he crawled under it and ran out a pedestrian door in the police headquarters garage. He ran eastbound through several parking lots — shedding his clothes along the way — and onto the highway, where he was arrested.

Vanilla Ice's wife won't press domestic-violence charge

Story from the Orlando Sentinel.

Your leg isn't broken, son, but there's plenty else wrong with you

Then: California mother begs rescuers to find her teenage son, who is lost in the forest and has broken his leg!

Now: He's fine. As it turns out, so is his leg. Police say Junior was dropping acid, which made him THINK he had a broken leg, police say.

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TX authorities say several FLDS kids had suffered broken bones

Which was revealed during a legislative hearing. The state authorities say it's way too early to draw any conclusions about the injuries or how they were caused, though investigators are going to be looking into that.

Hat Tip: Many thanks to the Incredible Tam!

Suspected tweaker loses high-stakes game of Hide-And-Seek, police say

Story is from Quincy, Ill., where police tried to arrest a couple of gentlemen for running an alleged meth lab. They got one right off, but the other ran to nearby Quincy University, sneaked into an office and hid under the desk of a computer-science professor, who thought he heard a truck:

"So I got up and looked out the window, but then I heard it again," Robinson said.

What Robinson heard was Wert breathing heavily as he tried to hide under a table and behind some boxes. Robinson said he saw a leg sticking out from under the table, so he calmly walked out of the office and downstairs, where he alerted QU security.

A minute later, Wert was in custody. "I guess this is a sign I need to clean up my office," Robinson said with a smile.

Midtown Miscreant

... reacts to the kid accused of planning an attack on his school in South Carolina --- allegedly so he could go to Heaven and kill Jesus. Take it away, Double-M:

At any rate, killing an omnipotent and all knowing god seems like a bit of over reaching to me. Apparently being a straight A student doesn't necessarily make you smart. Someone should have told Ryan that the whole kill Jesus thing had been done, and it didn't stick then.

The whole post is great stuff.