LIVE WIRE!

CONFLUENCE, PENNSYLVANIA- Two men were charged with trying to steal live power lines that were still attached to a transformer and utility poles.

Kevin Lee Lytle and Daniel Jay Basinger were shocked when they attempted to steal the live wires. The two fled the scene, but were later taken to the hospital for treatment.

The incident disrupted area residences power for about five hours and the damages suffered were $1,500.

Basinger was arraigned and released on unsecured bond. Lytle is still recovering from his injuries and has not yet been arraigned, police said. But both have learned from this hair-raising experience!

TAKE COVER, LANDLORD ON THE LOOSE!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK- A Brooklyn landlord took it way to far and was indicted after he planted a homemade bomb to try and kill a tenant he wanted to evict.

The tenant lost a leg in the blast, when 38-year-old Yung Tang placed a bomb in a bag next to Israel Halberstam’s parked minivan. The bag exploded when Halberstam tried to move it.

Prosecutors say Tang wanted Halberstam dead because he owed about $100,000 in rent on a showroom for his electronics business.

Tangs charges include attempted murder, assault and arson and from the sound of it all, his plan blew up in his face.

HUNGRY? GRAB A SNICKERS BAR…TO IMPLICATE YOU!

JONESBORO, ARKANSAS- Police in Arkansas found DNA on a half-eaten candy bar that helped them zero in on a robbery suspect.

Detectives say that DNA taken from Brian Bass matched the sample found on the Snicker’s bar left on the counter of an animal hospital during a robbery.

At the time of the robbery, Bass was on probation after serving time on a firearms possession charge. Thanks to his DNA being on file, detectives were able to apprehend the suspect.

Currently, Bass faces felony commercial burglary and theft charges. And knows that this Snicker’s, didn’t satisfy!

DRUNKEN TEACHER

RICHARDSON, TEXAS- A substitute teacher was arrested after allegedly showing up drunk for a class at a middle school in suburban Dallas.
Authorities say the man was so intoxicated, he couldn’t complete a sobriety test.

A school spokesman says 56-year-old Thomas Brownlee was in a classroom with students and another staff member for about 20 minutes. Another teacher suspected Brownlee was drunk and told a police officer at the school.

A Dallas police report states that Brownlee “had slurred speech, breath smelling of an alcoholic beverage and bloodshot eyes.”

The officer stopped issuing a sobriety test out of concern for Brownlee’s safety, according to the report. And Brownlee was charged with public intoxication.

ZAPPED OVER PARKED CAR

BOULDER, COLORADO- One. Two. Three. Draw!

A security company supervisor and a restaurateur had a showdown in broad daylight, but no pistols were involved. These two “boneheads” Tasered each other over parking.

Casey M. Dane and Harvey Epstein were arguing over a metal boot that one of Dane’s guards clamped on a wheel of a van parked behind Epstein’s restaurant.

Dane told police he was afraid Epstein was going to hit him with a 2-foot-long pair of bolt cutters. Epstein told police he had only tried to remove the boot with the bolt cutters and hadn’t threatened anyone with them, but he was arrested on suspicion of felony menacing and using a stun gun.

Epstein told police Dane put his hand on a holstered pistol and threatened to shoot him. But Dane says he never threatened to shoot Epstein.
Both men drew Tasers and are still stunned at their foolish dispute.

FRYING PAN TO THE HEAD

CROSSVILLE, TENNESSE- A couple is arrested and charged with domestic assault after whacking each other with a frying pan.

Following a heated argument, Heather and Samuel Newcome took to each other with whatever cookware possible. They both suffered injuries, but nothing too serious.

During the quarrel, other family members from both sides also got involved in a fight in front of the residence several other alleged assaults occurred between them. However, none of the other family members wished to seek warrants or pursue charges at the time of the police report.

The couple was taken into custody, and later realized that being out of the frying pan and tossed into the fire was possibly well deserved.