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Man sues for $1 over right to wear skirt in public

NEW ORLEANS -- A man sued the New Orleans Police Department, claiming he was harassed by an officer who threatened to arrest him for wearing a black pinstriped skirt to municipal court. Jeremy Don Kerr is asking for $1 in damages, a ruling that his rights were violated, and an order against barring access to public facilities because of gender stereotyping.

The department hasn't been served with the lawsuit and hasn't answered the claim in court. Kerr filed the civil rights lawsuit last month. He said he finds skirts more comfortable than pants, and wears them with button-down oxfords or T-shirts. And he said women love it.
 
Elderly man mistakes card for noisy neighbors

BERLIN -- German police said an elderly man was so annoyed at hearing the same serenade over and over that he called authorities to report his neighbors - only to discover the culprit was a musical greeting card on his own windowsill. Police said Tuesday the 82-year-old from Goslar in central Germany told officers he was sick of the music, which would come at irregular intervals and at all hours.

Upon further investigation, police found the musical greeting card on his windowsill, where occasional breezes opened the card just enough to play an irritating tune. Police said the retiree was happy to find out his neighbors weren't trying to annoy him.
 
Dad accused of using dog shock collar on his kids

SALEM, Ore. -- A father was accused of using a dog shock collar on his four children. Salem Police Lt. Dave Okada said the 41-year-old man was jailed Tuesday on charges of criminal mistreatment. He said the father acknowledged putting the electronic dog collar on his four children and shocking all of them at least once.

According to Okada, the father didn't do it as a punishment. Rather, he thought it was funny. The children, all younger than 10, are in the custody of their mother. The case has been referred to state Department of Human Services.
 
Now that's a haul: Greek robbers steal man's home

ATHENS, Greece -- Police in Greece say robbers near Athens have stolen everything including the kitchen sink, lifting a prefabricated home off its foundation and spiriting it away. Police said the owner went to visit his 750-square-foot (70-square meter) vacation home Monday in the coastal area of Rafina, 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) east of Athens, and discovered it was missing, along with its contents.

Police said Wednesday they think the thieves used a crane to load the structure onto a trailer. They have been unable to locate the missing building. Thousands of Athenians, including Greece's prime minister, Costas Karamanlis, have vacation properties in Rafina.
 
53 pounds of packed cocaine found on Texas beach

SABINE PASS, Texas -- Beachcombers found more than seashells while strolling on a Texas beach: two dozen neatly wrapped packages of cocaine. Jefferson County Sheriff's Lt. Troy Tucker said drug smugglers have been known to use freighters and the cocaine may have been kicked overboard to avoid detection.

The sheriff's department was working with federal agencies Wednesday to try to determine the source of the 53 pounds of cocaine, worth about $500,000. KFDM-TV reported the cocaine was found Tuesday west of Sea Rim State Park, in the Sabine (suh-BEEN') Pass area. It was found by people looking for debris, such as metal, that washes ashore. Their names weren't released.
 
Cow may get new home after slaughterhouse escape

NEW YORK -- A cow nicknamed Molly who escaped from a New York City slaughterhouse may have a new lease on life. New York police said the all-black cow got out from Musa Hala, Inc. about 1 p.m. Wednesday, a slaughterhouse where animals are butchered according to religious restrictions.

She wandered nearly a mile before she was corralled and captured by Emergency Services Unit officers. She was darted and delivered to the city's Animal Care and Control, where she was nicknamed Molly. Officials there are looking into whether Molly the cow can be placed at a farm sanctuary to live out her life or if she must be returned for slaughter. It depends on whether anyone comes forward to claim her. Animal care officials said a handful of cows in the past decade have escaped to the city streets.
 
Crikey, mate! It's a 'roo! Kangaroo loose in NY

CANASTOTA, N.Y. -- A wayward 'roo named Bandit is wandering around an upstate New York community. tate police said motorists reported seeing a kangaroo early Wednesday afternoon along the Thruway near Exit 34 in Canastota, 20 miles east of Syracuse. Troopers who searched the area saw the 3-foot-tall animal and contacted the owner, but the 'roo got away.

Owner Jeff Taylor said Bandit is a 1-year-old wallaroo, a large species of kangaroo. He bought the animal last month for a wildlife education program he intends to start next year. Bandit has been on the loose for three weeks. Taylor said he believes someone broke into his barn and intentionally let the animal out. The state police Thruway detail said Bandit remained on the loose Thursday morning.
 
Panel: 'Dear Pineapple' OK in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A judicial panel says Dominicans are free to name their kids "Dummy Ruiz," "Dear Pineapple" and other unusual monikers if they choose. The Central Electoral Commission has rejected a proposal to ban any names that could be confusing or give no indication of gender, such as Querida Pina (Dear Pineapple) and Tonton Ruiz (Dummy Ruiz).

Judge Jose Angel Aquinas had called for a crackdown on unusual names after the country's civil registry showed some families were naming their offspring after cartoon characters and car brands. One family named their girl "Mazda Altagracia." But the commission said Thursday it is not appropriate for the government to dictate what parents name their children.
 
NJ man says burglar used razor, took Life Savers

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- Whiskers were one clue that the burglar wasn't in it just for the money. A told police he came home to find someone had broken into his house and taken $500 from a bedroom dresser. But that wasn't all. The man's razor had been used and whiskers were left all over the sink. Some Life Savers were also missing.

The man told police the burglar had left behind black socks on the floor next to his bed. There has been no arrest.
 
Cops: Man steals check from boss, tries to cash it

NEWARK, Del. -- Police said a 20-year-old man was charged with stealing one of his boss' checks and trying to cash it. The owner of the Dog Days Deli in Newark called police Thursday after a bank notified him that one of his employees was trying to cash one of his checks in the amount of $978. Police said the employee took the check on Monday, then forged the deli owner's signature.

When the teller would not cash the check because the signature couldn't be verified, police said the employee produced his own identification hoping to have the transaction go through. Instead, the bank notified the deli owner. Troopers arrested the suspect and he was released on $450 bond on charges of felony forgery, theft and attempted theft.
 
Police: Bank robber nabs $3K, leaves wallet behind

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police didn't have to dust for fingerprints to find this suspect - they just rifled through the wallet he left behind at the scene. Albert Vincent Perkins was charged with robbing First Federal Bank in Kansas City on Thursday. Police said he walked into the bank, handed the teller a plastic bag and ordered her to give him all of the $100 bills. Then he walked out of the bank - but left his wallet sitting on the counter.

The U.S. attorney's office said the teller and a customer in the bank identified the photo on the driver's license and another photo in the wallet as the robber. Perkins was arrested Thursday night. Police say he took about $3,100.
 
Oops, wrong address: Stolen phones sent to FBI

MONROE, La. -- If you're going to buy something with a forged cashier's check, don't misspell "cashier's" or use an FBI office as your shipping address. Police in Monroe, La., say they arrested a 44-year-old man from Memphis, Tenn., after he did both. He was held Friday on two counts of forgery and as a fugitive from justice in Georgia, where he is accused of a similar scheme.

The FBI called police Thursday after a Minnesota cell phone distributor called the bureau. The company had sent 50 phones to the address for the FBI office Monroe, only to discover its $2,359.45 payment was a "cahier's check". FBI agents saw the suspect wave down a delivery truck driver outside the bureau later Thursday, stopped the transaction and waited for police.
 
Men beaten with golf club after urinating on car

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Police said two men suffered injuries after they were beaten after urinating on what they thought was an unoccupied vehicle on Friday morning. Police said the owner got out of the car and assaulted the two men with a golf club. One of the men suffered a possible arm fracture and was transported to Pullman Regional Hospital.

Police Sergeant Dan Dornes said urinating in public is a crime, but the two men will probably not be cited in this case. Police were trying to locate the owner of the car.
 
Pa. high school orders shot glasses as prom favors

LITITZ, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania high school ordered more than 450 shot glasses for its prom, a move the assistant principal now says sent the wrong message. As the Warwick High School students left last week's dance, the prom committee handed them souvenir shot glasses. The girls who attended last year's prom got a picture frame; the boys, a money clip.

Assistant Principal Scott Galen says: "Unfortunately, this year the junior class didn't have quite as much money." Galen says the principal signed off on the purchase order, but that paperwork simply said "prom souvenir" and didn't identify the mementos as shot glasses. Galen says he's certain this will never happen again. The school is in Lancaster County, about 65 miles east of Philadelphia.
 
Ohio teen suspended for going to girlfriend's prom

FINDLAY, Ohio -- A northwest Ohio teenager has been suspended by his Christian school because he attended another high school's prom. Officials at Heritage Christian School in Findlay had warned 17-year-old Tyler Frost that he would be suspended and prohibited from attending graduation if he went to the public school dance over the weekend with his girlfriend.

Frost says he didn't think going to the dance was wrong even though his fundamentalist Baptist school Ohio forbids dancing, rock music and hand-holding. Frost didn't go to school Monday. Instead, he and his girlfriend are heading to New York for a Tuesday morning TV interview. The teen says he's now getting Facebook and e-mail messages from around the world.
 
Police: Drunk Neb. man went home to wrong house

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Police said an intoxicated 21-year-old broke into a house, apparently thinking he was at his own home. Police arrested the man in the basement of the house Saturday morning. He told them he was in his home. The man actually lives a few streets over. He had forced his way into the house, and was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and vandalism
 
Naked woman goes to Fla. home, asks for cigarettes

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Authorities said a woman wasn't wearing any clothes when she knocked on stranger's door in the middle of the night to ask for cigarettes. The Pinellas sheriff's office reported that the woman, 52, went to the strange home early Friday morning. Deputies found her a short time later walking through a mobile home park wearing only boxer shorts.

The woman was charged with disorderly conduct and was taken to jail but later released on her own recognizance.
 
Man, 81, cited for nudging pedestrian with vehicle

LA CROSSE, Wis. -- An elderly driver was cited after a pedestrian said he nudged her twice with his vehicle for walking too slowly. The 81-year-old man was cited Thursday for hit-and-run causing injury. He's scheduled to appear in La Crosse County Circuit Court on June 4. The woman, 54, said she was walking in the parking lot of a movie theater on a Friday evening last month. She told police the man's car approached from behind and bumped into her thigh twice.

She said she was bruised but not seriously hurt. The man denies hitting the woman. Police reports quoted him as saying he was driving behind her when she "turned around and went ballistic.
 
Cops: Alleged liquor thief fills out raffle ticket

HARTFORD, Wis. -- An alleged shoplifter with a bottle of whiskey in his pants decided to take one more gamble before leaving a Washington County liquor store: filling out a raffle ticket. But the gamble led police right to him. The man was charged Thursday with misdemeanor retail theft, resisting an officer and disorderly conduct.

After filling out the raffle ticket to win a ticket to a Slinger Speedway race, the 20-year-old also allegedly snatched two more whiskey bottles before he fled B&S Liquor in Hartford. Owner Steve Jost said the store clerk saw the suspect fill out the ticket and wasn't going to chase him. The ticket box had been emptied the previous day, so the clerk opened the box after calling police.
 
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