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Police in Dryden, Michigan, report that in July a man frustrated at finding a pay phone out of order walked to his truck to retrieve a gun and fired “four or five” shots into the receiver before driving off. Last June in Rock Island, Illinois, James Steward, 29, was accused by police of threatening two relatives at gunpoint in their home, shooting their TV set, and fleeing.
Weird Enthusiasms
Lloyd Middleton, a lieutenant in the Miami fire department, was charged last summer with shoplifting a can of tuna fish. When a security guard stopped him, Middleton had $5,000 in cash on him.
In December near Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, Amish buggy driver Isaiah Glick, 52, was cited for making an illegal left turn into the path of a car. His horse crashed through the windshield, demolishing the car, and had to be destroyed.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
