The Weird Week in Review

Woman Arrested for Stealing Trash

Take heed: dumpster diving can get you arrested. A 21-year-old woman took some potato waffles, pies, and ham that had been discarded from Tesco Express in Great Baddow, Essex, England. She wasn’t the only one, as dozens of people helped themselves to groceries that had been set out after a power outage left the food unfit for sale. But Sasha Hall was arrested at her home later on charges of “theft by finding” of £200 worth of food. The police took her to the station in handcuffs.

Council Sends Refugees to Dog Club

The Hammersmith and Fulham Council in England is in the process of selling off a building to make room for the West London free school. Twenty community aid organizations are being evicted. One of them is the Afghan Council UK, which advises refugees from Afghanistan.

The report suggested that refugees who use the centre could instead contact the Southern Afghan Club, reports The Mirror.

The Afghan Council UK offers support to Afghan refugees – while the Southern Afghan Club is a dog appreciation society which organises shows in the south of England.

“Dead” Man Used Brother’s Identity for 49 Years

Paul Woodhouse, who lives in the United Kingdom, remembers his half-brother Roy who was in and out of trouble before moving to South Africa, where he died in the 1960s. But Roy Woodhouse didn’t die. Paul received a call from the immigration detention center in Hawaii, where his brother had confessed to living under an assumed identity -that of Paul Woodhouse. Paul helped immigration officials confirm Roy’s true identity, which paves the way for Roy to be returned to Britain. Paul spoke to his brother for the first time in 49 years and was told that Roy had been living in Hawaii since 1995. Paul says he has forgiven his brother and said the deception had no effect on his life.

Burglars Landed in Jail Before Arrest

Two suspected burglars were being chased through Bogota, Colombia, by police. They ran over rooftops and jumped walls to evade capture. The last wall they jumped landed them inside La Picota, one of Colombia’s biggest jails. The alarm went off immediately, and both men were captured. If convicted, they might stay at La Picota for some time to come.

State Sues Museum for John Lennon’s Guitar

The state of Illinois has filed suit against the Peace Museum in Chicago. The museum hasn’t staged an exhibit since 2004 and has effectively gone out of business. According to the suit, the museum’s storage facilities have suffered from mold and water damage. The state wants to take the museum’s inventory in order to preserve and protect it. The museum’s possessions are not adequately cataloged, but are said to include John Lennon’s guitar and other possessions, and memorabilia from U2, the Clash, the Talking Heads, and other rock bands.

30,000 Pigs Lost?

The Queensland, Australia newspaper The Morning Bulletin covered stories from the recent floods. One livestock farmer was particularly devastated.

Mr Everingham said: “We’ve lost probably about 30,000 pigs in the floods, we tried to get as many weaners and suckers out by boat, but we could only save about 70 weaners, and the suckers didn’t survive long, because they needed that mother’s milk, and all the sows have been washed away.

But later the story was corrected.

What Baralaba piggery-owner Sid Everingham actually said was “30 sows and pigs”, not “30,000 pigs”

Thieves Steal Empty Safe

A cabinet store in Nanaimo, British Columbia, was robbed last weekend. Thieves took a laptop computer, a memory stick, and a safe. The safe was empty. Owner Russel Inglis said he only kept the 700-pound safe around because it was an antique. In fact, he had hired a crane to move the safe into the store. The thieves apparently gained entrance through a loading door that an employee had neglected to lock.