Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Nude burglar admits guilt DULUTH, Minn., May 6 (UPI) -- A young burglary suspect caught napping inside a Duluth, Minn., house pleaded guilty but said he doesn't remember committing the crime. Advertisement Keith Bellanger was awakened by Kathie and Wayne Boniface, when they came home from dinner, the Duluth News Tribune reported. He fled the house after a protracted fight that left him in the buff. Bellanger, 20, allegedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.22 percent -- about three times the legal limit for DUI -- when he was arrested 15 minutes later. He said he remembered going in the house but not fighting the couple or running from the neighbors naked, the News Tribune said. "I don't actually remember what went on," he said when he pleaded guilty to a felony first-degree burglary charge. Bellanger had allegedly entered the home through an unlocked door. Advertisement He faces up to 81 months in prison but could avoid jail by completing a drug and alcohol treatment program, the newspaper said. 'Nude Beach' beer draws nudist attention STEVENS POINT, Wis., May 6 (UPI) -- A Stevens Point, Wis., brewery said it is supplying its latest creation, Nude Beach Summer Wheat, to a Michigan nudist convention free of charge. Joe Martino, operating partner with Stevens Point Brewery, said the beverage company was contacted by the American Association for Nude Recreation shortly after its latest seasonal creation was announced, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Tuesday. "Our members have bombarded us with messages" about Nude Beach Summer Wheat, said Carolyn Hawkins, a spokeswoman for the nudist group. The association struck a deal with the brewery that will ensure 25 cases of the beer are on hand at the American Association for Nude Recreation's annual convention, scheduled for Aug. 11-17 at Turtle Lake Resort in Union City, Mich. Hawkins said the brewery will find itself rewarded with newfound fame among nudists, a group she predicted would help give sales of the beer a significant boost. Sox manager: Dolls not meant to disrespect CHICAGO, May 6 (UPI) -- Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said the team did not mean to offend by having inflatable female dolls in their clubhouse before a game in Toronto. Advertisement Guillen said the nude dolls, which the Association for Women in Sports Media slammed as offensive, were part of an effort to raise team morale and pull out of a recent losing streak, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday. "In terms of taste I think people would find it tasteless," Sox spokesman Scott Reifert said. "They were just trying to get the bats going." The dolls were surrounded by bats and bore signs on their chests saying "Let's Go White Sox" and "You've Got to Push." "I'm sure it wasn't done to disrespect anyone," Guillen said. "Everyone in the clubhouse, 100 percent of the people in the clubhouse, they are 18 years old and that's a private thing. If the players do it in the dugout so everyone in the public could see it, or did it in the hotel lobby... we did it in the clubhouse. A lot of worse things happen in the clubhouse. I don't really know why people are making it a big deal. If people got their feelings hurt because of that... they don't really know much about baseball." Man refuses to take down pirate flag ASHTEAD, England, May 6 (UPI) -- A suburban London man said he will not take down a pirate flag he erected for his daughter's birthday party, despite threats of legal action. Advertisement David Waterman, 41, a firefighter from the London suburb of Ashtead, said he purchased a $10 Jolly Roger and put it up outside his house for his daughter's pirate-themed eighth birthday party, The Daily Mail reported Tuesday. However, he said he left the flag flying after the party, and seven weeks later, on April 21, he received a letter from a Mole Valley council official warning him that he had seven days to remove the flag before he would face legal action. "I find it ridiculous that the council are fighting me over this," Waterman said. "It's a 5 pound ($10) flag, not hurting anyone, and they're probably spending hundreds of pounds of our cash getting me to take it down. That could be spent on improving the local area it's disgraceful." Local laws only give homeowners the right to fly the country's flag or a flag advertising a business. A Mole Valley council spokesman said officials have not yet decided whether to pursue legal actions against Waterman. However, the firefighter said he will not back down from the issue. "This is a point of principle and I'm standing firm," he said.
