Break-in to see brother a bust
PORT HURON, Mich.LONDONFEDERAL WAY, Wash. — A Michigan man accused of breaking into a gas station — and then calling police himself so he could see his brother in jail — has pleaded to a lesser charge.
Twenty-four-year-old Matthew Robert Kiss of Imlay City pleaded guilty Friday to attempted breaking and entering.
A St. Clair County judge will sentence Kiss on April 27.
Police say Kiss broke into a gas station in Capac in January, smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol before calling 911 on himself. He said he wanted to go to jail to see his incarcerated brother. But he was not allowed to see him.
Pets are quite a trip
86,629 Number of emergency room visits each year caused by Americans tripping over pets or pet paraphernalia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
88% of falls are dog- related; the rest are cat-related.
25% of dog-related falls involved walking the animal, and 3 percent involved running away from it.
67% of cat-related falls involved tripping over the animal, and 12 percent involved chasing it.
Cheesy book wins the trophy for oddest title
A heavyweight study of the future of soft cheese won Britain’s annual competition to find the year’s oddest book title Friday.
“The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais,” by Philip M. Parker, won the Diagram Prize, awarded by trade magazine The Bookseller.
Police chief’s slip of the foot causes accident
The police chief of the south Seattle suburb of Federal Way has issued a public apology for a minor traffic accident that happened while he was checking his BlackBerry in his unmarked police car.
The city summed it up Thursday in a news release that began “Federal Way Police Chief Brian Wilson is mortified.”
Apparently Wilson stopped for a red light on March 18 and glanced down at his BlackBerry to view newspaper headlines and e-mails. He then took his foot off the brake and hit the car in front of him. The Seattle Times reports no one was injured and the cars weren’t damaged.
Still, City Manager Neal Beets gave Wilson a verbal reprimand.
The police chief says he takes full responsibility.
Compiled from wire reports
