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James Fentress, 23, was arrested for taking an ambulance for a joyride in Oklahoma City in May. Fentress, who was dressed as an ambulance-company driver, was apprehended when he stopped in a parking lot to show some kids how the siren works.
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When sheriff’s deputies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, arrived to evict Rick “Reptile” Little, 30, from his home in June due to a rent dispute, they found 140 snakes (at least 40 of them venomous), along with owls, toads, rabbits, salamanders, moles, lizards, turtles, tarantulas, scorpions, dogs, cats, and fish. Deputies said the stench was unbearable.
Saint Louis was plagued last winter by an early-morning jogger who threw girls to the ground on their way to school and sucked their toes.
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In May, Robert Moore, 75, was found guilty of attempted murder for shooting his neighbor Patrick Dial, 38, because Dial’s children had been picking daffodils in Moore’s yard near Painesville, Ohio.
