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'Ninja fighter' cop goes back to work

OVIEDO, Fla., May 20 (UPI) -- Police in Oviedo, Fla., say they have returned a badge and firearm to an officer who lost them briefly for saying he was a "super-trained killer ninja fighter."

Officer Justin Varkony has gone back to his normal job after being on office duty while officials probed a comment on his MySpace social networking Internet page, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla., reported.

"Jason is a super-trained killer ninja fighter of the night who has not had a chance to use this special skill yet," the comment said.

Authorities said there was no validity to an accusation that Varkony went against police conduct rules.

Police: Men shot each other with Tasers

BOULDER, Colo., May 20 (UPI) -- Police in Boulder, Colo., say a security guard and a man upset by having his car booted shot each other simultaneously with stun guns during an argument.

Sgt. Pat Wyton said Casey Dane, a guard with a private firm called Colorado Security, and Harvey Epstein engaged in a heated argument behind Mamacitas restaurant, the Boulder Daily Camera reported.

Epstein, a bartender at Mamacitas, was upset that his car had been booted for parking illegally and retrieved a set of bolt cutters to attempt to free his vehicle, Wyton said. He said Dane ordered Epstein to put down the bolt cutters because he felt threatened and told him he would shoot him with his Taser weapon if he did not comply.

Wyton said the guard "decided to shoot the guy," not knowing that Epstein was wielding the same type of Taser.

"They shot each other," Wyton said. "It was just kind of a bone-head deal."

He said neither man required medical attention.

Epstein was arrested on suspicion of felony menacing and use of a stun gun, Wyton said. He was taken to the Boulder County Jail.

Police: Suspects had incriminating photos

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 20 (UPI) -- Jacksonville, Fla., police said two men busted for pot possession incurred additional charges after they showed officers photos of graffiti they created.

A police report of the incident said Joshua Howard, 27, and Mark Dell, 30, had spray paint cans, a digital camera and some marijuana in their car when officers approached them outside of a vacant building May 10, The (Jacksonville) Times-Union reported.

The officers said the men told them they had intended to "tag" the vacant building with graffiti after smoking some marijuana, but the police showed up before they could accomplish either objective.

The men were each given notices to appear in court on loitering and marijuana possession charges. However, before sending the suspects on their way, Officer T.M. Helms said in the report, he asked to look at the pictures on the digital camera. He said the men admitted to creating numerous graffiti displays photographed with the camera, including one that cost a business owner $3,500 to clean up.

Howard and Dell were hit with additional charges of criminal mischief for the graffiti.

Teen allegedly set off alarm as prank

NASHVILLE, May 20 (UPI) -- A Nashville high school graduate who allegedly was attempting a prank at her former school was foiled when she set off an alarm, police said.

Metro police Capt. David Imhof said the 17-year-old suspect was grabbed, but not bitten, by a police dog after officers arrived at Glencliff High School, The (Nashville) Tennessean reported.

Police allege the suspect intended to throw water balloons at arriving students and faculty from her perch on the roof of the school.

Imhof said the teen was taken to Nashville General Hospital as a precaution. She faces trespassing and curfew violation charges, he said.