Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Career criminal loses compensation case BOSTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A career criminal's claim for compensation for work missed during a jail stay was rejected due to concerns about his type of work, a Massachusetts judge says. Advertisement A judge in Suffolk County, Mass., said while Robert Aldrich was cleared of robbery charges after spending several months in jail, the career criminal's claim he missed out on $4,000-a-month worth of home improvement work was questionable to say the least, The Boston Globe said Wednesday. "Aldrich apparently found another way to support himself, and it was not doing home renovations," Suffolk Superior Judge Nancy Holtz wrote in her decision against Aldrich's compensation claim. Aldrich alleged in court papers the financial figure was based on work he routinely did under the table to avoid claiming such payments in his taxes. A spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney supported Holtz's ruling in the case, which was prompted by a state law that allows compensation claims. Advertisement "The defendant is a career B&E (breaking and entering) man seeking compensation for burglaries he couldn't commit while locked up," spokesman Jake Wark told the Globe of Aldrich, who had numerous breaking and entering priors. Couple arrested for sex at Bills-Jets game ORCHARD PARK, N.Y., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Security officers at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., said a reported disturbance in a ladies' restroom turned out to be a couple having sex. Police said Alicia Venneman, 29, was charged with disorderly conduct and her boyfriend, Jeramy Kemper, 31, was charged with trespassing and resisting arrest after they were caught having sex in the women's bathroom across from Section 336 of the stadium during Sunday's game between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News reported Wednesday. "This was inappropriate behavior in public," Scott Berchtold, Bills vice president of communications, said. "Our security staff reacted accordingly, and law enforcement officials were called in to handle the situation." Orchard Park police and Erie County sheriff's deputies said 37 arrests were made before, during and after the game. Law enforcement officials said it was well above the average number of arrests made surrounding a Bills home game. Advertisement Lost rooster claimed by owners BENTON, Ill., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Police in Benton, Ill., said a runaway rooster has been released into the custody of its owners after the chicken was found blocking a sidewalk. Benton Police Chief Mike O'Neill said Rob the rooster was apprehended by officers Monday after a woman said he refused to let her pass on the sidewalk with her wagon full of children. The unruly bird was returned to Jason, Travis and Alyssa Seddon just outside of police headquarters Monday evening, the Benton Evening News reported Wednesday. "No bond was set," O'Neill said of the rooster's release, "but Rob was given a notice to appear." The Seddons said Rob and Nugget, a hen, will be sent to live with their grandparents after O'Neill told them it is illegal to raise poultry inside the city limits. "I'm going to miss his crowing," Alyssa Seddon said. "I love it!" Man accused of using fake money at club UNION CITY, N.J., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A man in Union City, N.J., created counterfeit money he used to pay for drinks and tips at a bikini club, authorities allege. Authorities arrested Luis Lora-Martinez, 29, and charged him with creating counterfeit currency on cheap printer paper and using the fake funds at AJ's Lounge bikini club, the New York Daily News said Wednesday. Advertisement Cindy Wofford, U.S. Secret Service special-agent-in-charge in Newark, N.J., said the counterfeit $20 bills allegedly created by Lora-Martinez were low quality and easy to spot by someone with a trained eye. "Somebody who's handled a lot of money would know the difference," she told the Daily News. The manager of the bikini bar said the girls he employs to dance for customers would easily qualify as counterfeit bill investigators. "He was getting generous with the dancers, but these girls are sharp when it comes to money," said the manager, who was identified only as Nicky B.
