Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Police: Pickup truck thief carjacked SALINAS, Calif., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Police said a Salinas, Calif., man stole a Chevy pickup truck only hours before the vehicle was taken from him at gunpoint. Advertisement Police Cmdr. Kelly McMillin said Edward Bishop, 33, admitted to police he stole the Chevrolet Silverado truck at about 1 a.m. Saturday, the Salinas Californian reported. However, Bishop said that later that day, a second man -- identified by police as Jomo Sexton, 34 -- entered the truck and pointed a gun at him. He told police Sexton made him drive around Salinas until the truck ran out of gas, at which point Bishop said he escaped and phoned police. Bishop was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft and booked into the Monterey County Jail. Sexton was taken to a hospital for treatment after crashing the stolen truck into a flag pole in front of Salinas Fire Station II, and was then released into police custody. He was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, carjacking, reckless driving, driving under the influence, unlicensed driving, hit and run and violating his parole. Advertisement "You couldn't make up something stranger than this," McMillin said. Students charged after bronze bull prank TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Five teens have been charged with grand theft after they admitted stealing a 400-pound bronze bull from a Valrico, Fla., high school, police said. The teenagers, described by police as 16- and 17-year-old students from Brandon and Plant City high schools, told investigators they took the statue from Bloomingdale High School and had planned to have the bull waiting for Bloomingdale's football team when they faced off against Brandon High School, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported. Investigators said the students told them they were inspired to perform the stunt after watching an MTV program about high school pranks. "They were contrite and apologetic," Hillsborough County sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway said. "All of them said they didn't think it would come to their arrest." School district spokesman Steve Hegarty said administrators were not planning to discipline the students because they were arrested. Possible lung found floating in canal ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A St. Petersburg, Fla., research biologist said he discovered what appeared to be a lung floating in a canal behind his home. Advertisement The man said he phoned authorities and turned the object over to the St. Petersburg Police Department medical examiner, the St. Petersburg Times reported. The medical examiner's office has yet to confirm whether the object was indeed a lung and, if so, whether it came from a human or an animal. Police: Woman hit hubby with lasagna ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Police in Atlantic Beach, Fla., said they have charged a woman with domestic battery after she allegedly struck her husband with a frozen lasagna. Investigators said Amanda Trott allegedly used the frozen food as a weapon during an argument with her husband, whose first name was not released, WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., reported. "Mr. Trott claimed that Mrs. Trott had slapped him across the face several times and threw a frozen lasagna at him that struck him at the top of his head," police Sgt. David Cameron said. Cameron said Amanda Trott admitted to officers she had used the frozen block of lasagna to hit her husband. "In my opinion, it hurts very much and will cause welts. It's like throwing a block of ice, and it's very heavy," Cameron said. Trott's husband was also arrested on unrelated charges. Advertisement "Later during the investigation, they discovered that Mr. Trott had a violation of injunction. He was also arrested," Cameron said.
