PHARR, Texas (AP) - Of all the things that could make a baby fuss, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers weren't expecting this: $10,000 found stuffed into the diaper of a crying 15-month-old at the Pharr International Bridge.
Border officials say unusual bulges that turned out to be cash on two women traveling with the baby led inspectors to check the crying baby as well. Altogether, inspectors found $43,317 in undeclared cash on the women, baby girl and a man traveling with them.
The group was crossing into Mexico on Tuesday morning when they were stopped.
Authorities say the man, Esteban Soto Yanez, a Mexican citizen, was arrested on illegal entry charges. One woman, a resident alien, was released and the infant and her mother were deported to Mexico
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LEWISVILLE — A roofing company pulled the shingles off a Lewisville home Wednesday. The catch? It was the wrong house.
It’s all in the address. A crew from Bold Roofing was supposed to work on a house on the street with "1248" in its address; instead, they went to "1208," a difference of just one number.
Now Margaret Malin doesn't have a roof over her head, and she's upset.
"It's not this kind of a mistake," she said, making a tiny sign with her fingers, "it's this kind of a mistake," opening her arms wide.
Margaret Malin says her insurance shouldn't have to pay for a new roof. While Malin concedes that she has been shopping around for a new roof, Malin said she never gave Bold Roofing the go-ahead to even be on her property.
“Our name is not on any piece of paper — anywhere,” Malin said, adding that the resident of the 1248 address had been expecting the roofing crew.
Bold Roofing owner Robert Bold said he's trying to make it right for Malin with discounts and upgrades, but won’t give her free roof.
Bold said this has only happened once before, 18 years ago. He said that he did correct that mistake, and hopes to do the same in this case.
“We’ve tried to work with her, but, as you can see, she’s unworkable,” Bold said.
Malin has received insurance money to pay for her new roof, but she questions why her insurance money should pay for Bold Roofing’s mistake. That's why she has a new roofing company coming out to her house on Thursday to try and put her roof back together.
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5600 Decory Road A 73-year-old Fort Worth woman shot her finger after arguing with her son because she had been walking around the house naked, police said.
Fort Worth police were called to a house in the 5600 block of Decory Road around 1:30 a.m. Friday when they found Bertha McElroy with a bullet wound in her left index finger, according to a police report.
Ms. McElroy was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Police said that Ms. McElroy told them she had gotten into an argument with her son, Keith McElroy, 53, because she had been walking around the house in the nude.
Ms. McElroy told police that after the argument her son walked outside and slammed the door. She then went into the bedroom to load the gun when she shot her finger.
Police said they unloaded the gun and gave it to Mr. McElroy.
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Lewisville Police Department arrested two men in connection with the theft of six catalytic converters worth more than $9,500.
At approximately 3 a.m. Monday, officers were dispatched to the Oak Tree Village Apartments on the 1500 block of South Old Orchard Lane after witnesses said two men were stealing from cars in the community.
Though the thieves left the scene before officers arrived, witnesses were able to provide officers with a vehicle description.
A short time later a car matching the witnesses' description was spotted on the 1100 block of Bellaire Boulevard. Lewisville officers stopped the vehicle and found six catalytic converters inside.
According to a news release, Christopher David Cox, 22, and Gregg Allen Fields, 41, told police that they drove around to various apartment complexes looking for Toyota 4Runners and would cut off the catalytic converters with a power saw from any vehicle that didn't have an alarm.
Police said that Toyota 4Runners are targets for these types of thefts because of the high ground clearance and easy access to the catalytic converters.
The catalytic converters are valued at $1,600 each and are a target because of their scrap value, police said.
Cox and Fields are being held in the Lewisville City Jail. Detectives are attempting to determine if the suspects are responsible for other thefts in the area.
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A | A | A Severe storms moving across Kansas spooked
a pair of circus elephants who escaped their enclosure at a
fairgrounds.
Authorities say the elephants, part of a traveling circus, were
apparently frightened by the storm and entered the town of Wakeeney
after breaking loose.
Trego County Sheriff Richard Schneider says one elephant
wandered into a resident's backyard and was blocked off by fire
trucks until its trainers could coax it onto a truck. The second elephant has also been caught.
At least four tornadoes touched down in western and central
Kansas, where residents are nervously braced for what National
Weather Service
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This story is better with photos, check out the link. For most holidays our police dress someone up and stand out there with radar getting speeders. They have the Grinch during Christmas and a leprachan for St. Patrick's Day 'Uncle Sam' nabbing bad drivers this week -- OrlandoSentinel.com
'Uncle Sam' nabbing bad drivers this week
Gabrielle Finley
Sentinel Staff Writer
2:15 PM EDT, July 2, 2008
Uncle Sam handed out 35 speeding tickets this morning to motorists driving on State Road 429 near Apopka.
Today is the third day that an Orange County deputy sheriff dressed in the red, white and blue outfit handed out citations as part of the Orange County Sheriff's Office's "July 4th Traffic Safety Detail" that targets law-breaking motorists.
Sheriff's traffic detectives are in Pine Hills for another speed enforcement check until 3 p.m., but details on the specific location were not released.
The deputy sheriff's costume "attracts attention to what we're trying to accomplish out there," said sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons on Tuesday.
During this morning's check, two people also were arrested, one for driving with a suspended license and the other for an outstanding warrant, Solomons said.
The traffic campaign started Monday, and since then a total of 195 citations were given out to speeders and red-light runners.
More than 180 drivers were cited for speeding Tuesday on State Road 408 at the Pine Hills exit and State Road 50 at Pine Hills Road, records show.
One driver, a repeat traffic offender, was arrested Tuesday.
Traffic detectives will head to south Orange County Thursday to look for drunk drivers.
Starting Friday they will work along the highways that lead to beaches, Solomons said.
"Unfortunately we know a lot of people drive to the beach, drink and party, then get back on the road," Solomons said recently.
A | A | A Severe storms moving across Kansas spooked
a pair of circus elephants who escaped their enclosure at a
fairgrounds.
Authorities say the elephants, part of a traveling circus, were
apparently frightened by the storm and entered the town of Wakeeney
after breaking loose.
Trego County Sheriff Richard Schneider says one elephant
wandered into a resident's backyard and was blocked off by fire
trucks until its trainers could coax it onto a truck. The second elephant has also been caught.
At least four tornadoes touched down in western and central
Kansas, where residents are nervously braced for what National
Weather Service
ha ha that happened back when I was a kid too...lol about ten cars were damaged by the elephants then! got away from the handlers and thank goodness nobody got hurt bad! just goes to show history repeats itself!
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The third time was an alarm for a Cadillac driver apparently loading up on free gas while posing as a stranded motorist.
A police officer became suspicious earlier this week the third time he saw the same man stopped on the side of a road next to his Cadillac with the hood up, said Charles Gonzalez, the area's neighborhood police officer.
The officer stopped and asked the man what the problem was. After the man said the car's starter didn't work, the officer asked him to try to start it.
"And it starts right up," Gonzalez said in a story Saturday in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
About that time, another driver pulled up with a full 1-gallon gas can, Gonzalez said. The driver told the officer that the Cadillac owner had claimed to have run out of gas and was broke. So the driver decided to be a good Samaritan.
The officer then ran the Cadillac owner's driver's license and learned that he had outstanding warrants, Gonzalez said. The man was arrested.
When officers opened the Cadillac's trunk, they found four full 1-gallon gas cans.
"He'd been convincing people he was out of gas and to give him money or buy him some," Gonzalez said. "The officer said he noticed the guy always parked near a gas station, so it would be convenient for people to run and get some for him.
"People were not only buying him gas, they were buying him the gas cans."
It probably wasn't a crime, Gonzalez said. The gas gauge didn't work so police don't know how much gas the car contained. And anyway, asking people to buy you gas isn't against the law.
"You never want to tell people not to help others," he said. "But there are people who will take advantage of it."
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