Columnist cites the oddity
by Mike Pingree, (KRT)Boston Tribune

    NEXT THING I KNOW, SHE'S SCREAMING

   After his neighbor left for work, a man broke into his home, went up to the bedroom, undressed and crawled into bed with the neighbor’s wife, telling her, “I want you.” She did not want him, however, and communicated this emphatically.

   In court, the Oregon man blamed his behavior on a brain tumor. The judge didn’t buy it and sent him to jail for two years.

   HA HA, THEY’LL NEVER GET ME NOW

   A man stole a street sweeper from an Ohio company where he used to work and was arrested in Michigan when he tried to drive it across the border into Canada. A spokesman for the company that owned the vehicle said the thief probably thought he’d escape punishment.

   MAYBE HE’S STILL ‘FINDING HIMSELF’

   An Italian court has ruled that a wealthy father must continue to pay for his son’s support even though the lad is in his 30s, has a law degree and has turned down several job offers.

   Some fear that the ruling will discourage people from having children.

   TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND REST; FREEZE!

   A woman in Santa Ana, Calif., went on disability leave from her job in 1998 after a fall in which she hurt her left hip, knee, back and neck. She was videotaped by investigators participating in a vigorous aerobics workout at a Jazzercise class. She was arrested.

   UH OH!

   A burglar broke into a large, unmarked building in Tokyo only to discover that it was a dormitory housing hundreds of police officers. His arrest was swift.