Colombia assassinates Pablo Escobar's pet hippo

The hippo and its mate, which have produced offspring, escaped and have been living in the wild for the past three years.

Something awful happened at Arby's

In Indiana, Arby's employees say they caught a couple smoking weed in the drive-through lane while their 1-year-old sat in the back seat. The Arbsters called police and asked the couple to wait for their food until officers showed up. The couple says the man was merely smoking a cigar.

Naked tenant chased landlord and demanded oral sex, CA sheriff says

They think he was on meth. There is a lovely mugshot after the jump.

Grandpa let tot hang out of car window, FL police say

Which is what eventually led officers to find Grandpa's pot and cocaine, they allege.

Hat Tip: Saw this via QuizLaw!

MO town requires prescription for Sudafed, Claritin D

A while back, there was a failed effort in the Missouri legislature to require a prescription when buying anything with pseudoephedrine. That's a key ingredient in meth -- and it's also found in many over-the-counter cold remedies like Sudafed. The average consumer hated the idea, and it never went anywhere.

Except in Washington, Mo., where the city council has just passed such a law -- the first in the U.S., the Post-Dispatch reports. There's some debate whether this is actually legal. Both the state and the feds, after all, say Sudafed and similar meds are OK to be sold without prescriptions.

Man learns what happens when trying to pass biscuit mix off as drugs

Matthew Ryan Shaver of Colorado tried to swindle a buyer out of $2,000 in a bogus drug deal by getting him to pay for what turned out to be a biscuit mix. Things didn't go as planned for Shaver.

After being beaten, blindfolded, stuffed into a car, his captors forced Shaver to call his parents and ask for ransom.

| Bob Cronkleton

He admits he has a problem

Yes I should say so ...

 

Former drag racer Jim O'Neill caught dealing drugs outside a McDonald's during a drug raid Thursday in Indianapolis. 

He was IHRA's Rookie of the Year in 2007. Police found narcotics and needles in his Lexus.

|Meredith Rodriguez

17 bags of cocaine found in woman's buttocks, IN police say

The bags were probably very small, but that still seems like a lot ...

Those aren't drugs -- that's "flour for my pork chops"

That's what a suspect allegedly told Florida police when they caught him with a bag of Ecstasy. They zapped him three times, presumably for resisting arrest and not lying.

Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Son mortgages elderly mom's house so he can buy drugs, throw $40K party, police say

This is why "power of attorney" are the three scariest words in the English language. Sonny allegedlly made off with $150K in the deal. Other family members are trying to save the house for the woman, who has Alzheimer's disease.

Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!