D.A. OF THE DAY - 12/18

WEIRD NEWS: Statue of Limitations

A British woman showed a warm heart by calling for medical help for a stranger sitting motionless on a cold, cold night -- only to have paramedics discover she was worried about a statue.

The dispatcher who took the call got a crew on the scene within minutes, but they quickly found that the figure on the bench was made of steel and brass, not flesh and blood. A spokesperson for the department says, "The woman who called us had good intentions, but it’s unfortunate that she didn’t go over to check first that it wasn’t a statue."

The statue is actually called "The Lady in the Park," and according to Brampton Park's website, she was erected to commemorate "all the women in Newcastle-under-Lyme who lost husbands, sons and friends in the First World War and subsequent conflicts."

WEIRD NEWS: Small Change, Big Sentence

A Wisconsin burglar showed very little "common cents" by calling 911 to report that he'd lost some money in an office building. That led cops to discover he'd dropped some loose change and a stack of probation papers -- and stolen a laptop on his way out.

Randy Bolstad called cops in an agitated state saying he'd lost his cash in the locked building and planned to break in if he couldn't get someone to help him. He declined to explain how he'd gotten into the office in the first place and hung up when pressed.

Police put two and two together when a tenant in the King on Fifth building reported he'd had a computer swiped, with a pile of change, some condoms and Bolstad's probation paperwork in its place. Officers found him wandering barefoot and confused -- and when asked about the theft, he would only say, "I choose death."

WEIRD NEWS: Jet Chew Airlines!

A Jet Blue passenger didn't let the lack of an economy-class meal get in the way of him grabbing a bite -- he ended up biting several other people in mid-flight, forcing an emergency landing.

 

The flight had just left Los Angeles en route to New York, but after about an hour, the passenger, whose name was not revealed, decided to chew out his seatmates -- literally, by biting them on the arms and face. While he apparently knew the two people that he sank his teeth into, he also ended up running around the cabin hitting strangers, which prompted crew members to declare an emergency and ask for an unscheduled landing in Las Vegas.

Another flier, identified only as "Tom," told authorities "I grabbed his hands behind his back and held him there while the flight attendants put the restraints on him. I really had a hell of a time keeping him in place."

The suspect was taken into custody in Vegas, while the rest of the passengers were put on another flight to continue on to the Big Apple.