Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Mexican prison holds beauty pageant JUAREZ, Mexico, March 9 (UPI) -- A 22-year-old woman convicted of drug smuggling was named Miss Captive Beauty 2010 during a beauty pageant at a Mexican prison. Advertisement Juarez municipal officials said the pageant, named Belleza Cautiva, translating to Captive Beauty, was organized at the Cereso prison as part of celebrations surrounding Monday's International Women's Day and was won by Cecilia Juarez, 22, the El Paso (Texas) Times reported Tuesday. Juarez, who is awaiting sentencing on the drug trafficking conviction, beat 14 other entries by a unanimous decision from the judges. Owners keep burglar locked in car LAKE CITY, Fla., March 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said residents who saw a man attempting to steal their car used the vehicle's remote-controlled locking mechanism to prevent his escape. The Columbia County Sheriff's Office said the Lake City residents were alerted to a man trying to break into their car by a neighbor at about 5:40 a.m. Friday and they used the remote control on their keychain to keep the alleged attempted thief from exiting the car, The Gainesville Sun reported Tuesday. Advertisement "So every time he tried to get out of the car, the owners just kept hitting the lock button on their key fob, and eventually he gave up trying to get out," sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Ed Seifert said. Travis James Neeley, 19, was arrested and charged with burglary of a vehicle, possession of burglary tools, criminal mischief and trespassing. Investigators said another man, Peter Anthony Scandizzo, 25, was seen driving by the scene of the incident and is believed to have been involved in the burglary plot. He abandoned his car after a short chase and was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. in a Lake City home believed to belong to his mother. Scandizzo was charged with fleeing and eluding, possession of marijuana, possession of burglary tools, loitering and prowling, conspiracy to commit burglary and resisting arrest. Police: Pot marked with motorist's name HOLIDAY, Fla., March 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a box of marijuana found in a car was labeled with the motorist's first name and the word "pot." Pasco County sheriff's deputies said Rebekah Michal Tracht-Kader, 21, smelled of alcohol and marijuana when she was pulled over for driving through a stop sign at 2 a.m. Saturday in Holiday, Fla., the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Tuesday. Advertisement Deputies said Tracht-Kader had bloodshot eyes and was slurring her speech. They searched the car and discovered a green plastic box labeled "Rebekah's pot" and containing an undisclosed amount of marijuana. Tracht-Kader was given two breath tests measuring her blood-alcohol content at 0.184 and 0.189, well over the .08 limit for driving in the state. She was charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana. Banana fails to entice loose monkey ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 9 (UPI) -- A Florida woman said she used a banana to try to lure a loose monkey spotted outside of her home, but the animal ran off after a few minutes. Pam Gaylor of the Bahama Shores neighborhood of St. Petersburg said she saw the monkey, which has been on the loose in the Tampa Bay area for about a year, at about 11:30 a.m. Monday in her back yard, the St. Petersburg Times reported Tuesday. Gaylor said the monkey ran along the side of her house and climbed a neighbor's tree. "I grabbed a banana and went outside and was chasing after him," Gaylor said. "I thought he just looked like he needed food and I felt sorry for him." Advertisement She said the monkey was in her line of sight for at least two minutes before slipping away. The monkey, believed to be a male rhesus macaque, was first seen on the loose in the Tampa Bay area in late 2008. The animal was spotted during the weekend by residents in the southern part of St. Petersburg.
