Lout’s honor
A California mayor was arrested after a purse snatching and a wild ride with a woman clinging to his SUV.
San Gabriel Mayor Albert Huang said the incident was a misunderstanding between friends.
“As a public official and a former Boy Scout, I hold myself to the highest standard of conduct,” he told the Associated Press.
Police were called to a restaurant at about 1:30 a.m. after reports of a couple arguing. Huang took the woman’s purse containing her car keys, cash and personal belongings and got into her car. When the woman tried to prevent him from leaving, Huang pushed her away and got into his car, police said.
The woman then reached through the passenger window while standing on the SUV’s running board. Huang drove up to 45 mph with the woman hanging from side of the SUV, police said.
He was arrested on suspicion of felony battery, assault and robbery.
Stealing his pants off
A wallet and ID left in a pair of old pants helped lead to the arrest of two people suspected in a string of thefts.
Tennessee police said 20-year-old Dustin Marshall stole a pair of jeans from Wal-mart last week. However, he left his old jeans in the dressing room with his wallet and driver’s license.
Police said Marshall and Lindsey Scholl, 19, then allegedly skipped out on a restaurant bill and left behind evidence linking them to a st
ring of burglaries from cars.
Officers said they obtained a search warrant for the pair’s apartment and discovered further evidence linking them to the auto burglaries and an apartment burglary.
Both suspects were charged several crimes — including possession of drug paraphernalia.
The designated driver … a friend for life!
A teenager was arrested in Redwood City, Calif., after he asked a policeman for a ride home but forgot about the cocaine in his pants, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office reported.
Ongley Raymond Ocon III had left a party, walked up to a Redwood City patrol car and pressed his face against the driver’s-side window, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe. The officer rolled his window down and asked what Ocon wanted. He said he
needed a ride home.
The officer then asked Ocon if he was carrying anything illegal.
“He said yes, but then paused and said no,” Wagstaffe said.
The officer said he found about a gram of cocaine in one of Ocon’s pockets.
A driving test became even more challenging for a young man when he saw more than he expected, reports the Dayton Daily News.
During a routine driving exam, a male juvenile passed a naked man walking along the test route, according to a police report.
Police arrested Richard Stout, 58, on charges of public indecency. Stout has been charged with public indecency at least seven times since 2007.
It’s unknown whether the driver passed the exam.
— Scott McCabe
