D.A. Of The Day - 12/11

WEIRD NEWS: Don't Let the Bedbugs Burn

An Ohio woman who was really itching to rid her home of bedbugs managed to do so by burning the place to the ground.

The woman, whose name was not released by fire officials, was spraying alcohol on a first floor area the bugs had taken over when she either knocked over or sprayed a large pillar candle, igniting a blaze that quickly spread throughout the three-story Victorian house. Three people suffered minor injuries in the fire, but the damage was so severe that none of the ten residents was able to return.

Eight people were displaced in a similar Cincinnati fire just a few days earlier -- leading the city's fire department to warn against trying to kill creepy crawlies with homemade concoctions of that nature.

WEIRD NEWS: Real Pain for Champagne Drunk

German cops needed to use Brut force to subdue a woman on a flight from Moscow to Zurich who got a little too bubbly after flight attendants refused to refill her champagne glass.

The woman, whose name was not revealed, become aggressive after being denied access to the promised unlimited bubbly, and forced the plane to make an unscheduled stop in Stuttgart. The 44-year-old had to be taken into custody by police, who escorted her off the jet and charged her with disorderly conduct.

Officials said the 43 other passengers on board were never in danger, but the total cost involved in the unplanned stopover likely amounted to over 100,000 euros. 

WEIRD NEWS: Not a Wise Crack

A Pennsylvania man's bad driving habits ended up landing him in jail on crack charges -- after cops pulled him over and found a bag of rocks stuffed into his crack!

Steven Reeves was stopped after a trooper spotted him make an illegal turn on his motorcycle, and flagged him down to write a citation. As he was writing the ticket, the deputy discovered that Reeves was driving with a suspended license, and had two outstanding warrants to boot, so he took the 26-year-old into custody.

Once at the precinct, Reeves was subjected to a search, which turned up a quantity of crack cocaine, which he'd tucked into his rectum in an attempt to avoid detection. The cheeky move did not work.

WEIRD NEWS: Bear-Ly Legal

A Utah man gave new meaning to the "right to bear arms" by chasing down a burglar with actual bear arms -- a can of spray meant to disable grizzlies and other nasty four-legged critters.

The man, whose name was not released, was awakened in the middle of the night last Tuesday when his motion detector went off and alerted him to the fact that someone was trying to break into a vehicle in his driveway. The homeowner grabbed the bear mace and went after the intruder, who took off, but couldn't scale a neighboring fence in time to avoid a hit from the disabling spray.

Cops arrived on the scene a few minutes later to arrest John Coopride, who has a long criminal history. The homeowner said, “I was not dressed. I was in my underwear, I had no shoes on, and my feet ended up getting bloodied just from chasing him down the street -- he threw his hands in the air and laid on the ground and said, 'I'm done.' "