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Police: Teen burglar ordered porn

PALM BAY, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- Police in Palm Bay, Fla., have arrested a 14-year-old boy who allegedly broke into a home and ordered more than $100 worth of porn movies on a TV.

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Officers said the boy was charged with occupied burglary and grand theft after he allegedly entered a family's home and used its TV account to order about $129 worth of pornographic films, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla., reported.

Police said the family had arrived home from shopping to find the alleged perpetrator watching their television.

The teenager has previously been arrested on felony charges, police said.


Police: Woman, 74, drives car into store

NORWALK, Calif., July 3 (UPI) -- An elderly California woman was arrested after she allegedly drove her car into the windows of a convenience store and then tried to buy beer, police said.

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Lynne Rice, 74, is accused of driving her 1988 Cadillac into the front windows of Joe's Food Mart, said Lt. Jenny Ha of the Norwalk Sheriff's Station.

Officials said damages from the Sunday crash total about $8,000.

The store owner said after the 112-pound woman crashed into the store she got out of the car and tried to buy a six-pack of Bud.

Rice allegedly shoved the cashier when he refused to make the sale, the Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram reported.

Ha said no injuries were reported in the incident, but Rice received medical treatment for an existing health problem.

Rice was released Sunday from the Norwalk Sheriff's Station on $15,000 bail after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, the newspaper said.


Man injures self during gun inspection

MINEOLA, N.Y., July 3 (UPI) -- Nassau County, N.Y., police said an elderly man shot himself in the finger during an annual inspection at the pistol license unit of police headquarters.

Police said the 77-year-old man had brought his pistol in for an annual inspection, but apparently did not know there was a bullet loaded in the chamber. The weapon discharged, shooting off the tip of the man's left index finger, Newsday reported.

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Detective Sgt. Anthony Repalone said the man was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, where he was expected to undergo surgery to have his fingertip reattached.

"He was shaken up and very remorseful," Repalone said.

He said police do not intend to file charges, but the man's five licensed pistols have been confiscated as a result of the incident.


Man in underwear chases burglars

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, July 3 (UPI) -- A shotgun-wielding man in West Valley City, Utah, chased a pair of burglars from his home while wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts, police said.

Tony Gamonal grabbed a shotgun and gave chase when the burglars fled from his home, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

Police arrived on the scene and Gamonal helped apprehend a suspect while the second suspect managed to escape.

Gamonal said he didn't realize until after the suspect was arrested that he was outside in his underwear.

"I looked down and said, 'oh man ... here I am,'" he said.

He said this was the second time in two weeks that his home had been burglarized. He said he intends to protect his home at all times, regardless of his attire.

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"If you can't be safe in your own home, where can you be?" Gamonal said. "There was no doubt; I was so mad that I would have shot them."

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