Woman Mistakenly Calls Cop for Drug Buy
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COLBERT, Okla. - A woman looking for a cocaine dealer called a number on her son's cell phone only to discover later that she had phoned a police officer, authorities said. Ramona Williams, 42, was arrested on a drug complaint, Durant police Lt. Mike Woodruff said.
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By Associated Press  MARYVILLE, Tenn. - A jury awarded a woman wrongly arrested by bail bond agents $12,000 in damages related to the erroneous arrest.  Rhonda Compton sued Sanford & Son Bail Bonds Inc.
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Near the end of her short life, Shayla Stewart, a diagnosed manic-depressive and schizophrenic, assaulted police officers and was arrested for attacking a fellow customer at a Denton Wal-Mart where she had a prescription for anti-psychotic medication.
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YORK, Pa. - Police had some good news and some bad news for Gloria Ent several days after a man stole her purse, along with $2,500 inside...
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ATLANTA - A police official said narcotics officers were justified in returning fire on a 91-year-old woman they shot to death after she shot them as they tried to serve a warrant at her house.  Neighbors and relatives said it was a case of mistaken identity.
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The women received their first paychecks a few weeks ago Â about $500 for a month's work as police officers. They paid rent, bought food, wiped out debts. But the seemingly simple transaction has left at least one woman in fear for her life, another threatened with divorce.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 14--Fo r 1 1 c i t i e s i n S a n Bernardino County, the prospect of paying a surcharge for a chemical that did not originate in their areas just doesn't seem right.
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TALLINN, Estonia - A woman pulled over by police on suspicion of driving while drunk tried to get out of the ticket by performing an impromptu striptease that was captured on police video.
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HELENA, Mont. - After being advised not to the leave a hospital, an Idaho woman allegedly pepper sprayed her way out. Police were called to St.
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WICHITA, Kan. - A Wichita man called 911 to report he was the victim of an armed robbery. The theft? A pound of marijuana worth about $1,100 that he had been trying to sell at his home. The victim told police Thursday that a buyer had pulled out a sawed-off shotgun and stole the drugs.
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In a Sept. 28 story about the interception of drugs purportedly sent from Canada, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the medications had been ordered by Americans from the Web site www.CanadaRx.com. The drugs were ordered through www.CanadaRx.net.
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POTTSVILLE, Pa. - A nurse faked having cancer and took thousands of dollars that her co-workers raised for her treatment, and stole 54 tablets of the painkiller OxyContin, police said.
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MURRAY, Ky.  -- A middle school teacher trying to buy pot was arrested after she sent text messages to state trooper instead of a dealer, police said.
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By Betty Lin-Fisher, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 11--The next time you order flowers, make sure you know exactly with whom you're dealing before completing the transaction.
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A council pays Â£2,000 to a woman it gave an Anti-social Behaviour Order that was based on false allegations.
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(12/03/04)-- In Washington State, police have arrested a woman they suspect of giving fake flu shots. They think she may be a registered nurse but police
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A local resident recently reported to the Monett Police Department a prank call that sounded too good to be true.