Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Monkeys take up residence near airport FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Floridians near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport said a family of non-native monkeys has moved into the area with their adopted raccoon. Advertisement Dave Winquist, who works near the airport, said the vervet monkeys have been swinging in the Broward County trees for decades but recently became more visible when they migrated north toward the airport, WPLG-TV, Miami, reported. "This is the first time I've been around when there's been a whole family just breeding and eating," Winquist said. Local lore holds the original vervet monkeys, which are native to Africa, were set free by a roadside attraction near Dania Beach in the 1950s, but no evidence exists to confirm the story. Winquist said as many as 15 of the monkeys have been spotted in the area along with a raccoon that appears to have been adopted as a member of the family. Advertisement Police: Woman ripped off in-law's nipple LAS CRUCES, N.M., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Police in New Mexico said a woman ripped off her daughter-in-law's nipple during an alcohol-fueled altercation. The 30-year-old alleged victim said her mother-in-law, 44, whose name was not released, was arguing with her husband, the 44-year-old woman's son, while they were all drinking at about 3 a.m. Sunday at a Las Cruces apartment, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported. The woman told police she tried to intervene in the argument because it was becoming "very intense." The mother-in-law allegedly "grabbed (the victim's) right breast and began to squeeze and pull on her nipple" during the argument and refused to let go until the younger woman punched her in the face. The victim said she kicked the older woman out of the house and soon discovered fluid in her breast and her nipple fell to the ground when she lifted her shirt. Police said the victim, whose nipple was reattached Sunday at Memorial Medical Center, told officers she did not want to press charges but prosecutors are weighing a possible count of felony aggravated battery against a household member. Judge gives OK to toilet planters LAKEMOOR, Ill., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- An Illinois judge tossed a $25 ticket issued to a woman accused of violating an ordinance with her outdoor planters -- a pair of toilets and a sink. Advertisement McHenry County Judge Michael Caldwell said in his Wednesday ruling the public nuisance ordinance was designed to keep broken-down cars from being displayed in front of homes and prevent the creation of unsanctioned scrap metal recycling yards, and does not apply to "Tina Asmus and her plumbing fixtures," The (Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald reported. Asmus was issued the citation in June 2009 by Lakemoor police, who said her toilets and sink, which serve as planters for hostas and lilies, violated the ordinance. "It may be that some of (her neighbors) don't like it," said George Kilili, Asmus' attorney. "But frankly, that's their problem." Fighter's name keeps him out of police TORONTO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Canadian mixed martial arts fighter said Toronto police revoked a conditional offer of employment due to concerns about his former stage name, "Pimp Daddy." Sean Pierson, 34, who won a match Saturday at UFC 124 in Montreal when he took the place of an injured fighter, said he was given the nickname "Pimp Daddy" by a promoter in 1999, but he hasn't used the moniker in years, The Toronto Star reported. "I tried to distance myself from that name the best that I could," Pierson said. Advertisement However, Pierson, who was scheduled to become a cadet-in-training with the Toronto Police Tuesday, said the department revoked his conditional offer of employment, which was extended in October, due to lingering concerns about the "Pimp Daddy" name. Police spokesman Mark Pugash confirmed the nickname was a problem for officials. "In this case, it wasn't what he was doing. It's that you have a name that I think most people would agree is not appropriate for a police officer," he said. "We raised 'Pimp Daddy' with him more than a year ago," Pugash said. "Those concerns have not been addressed satisfactorily." Pierson said he hopes to reapply to the police department in three or four years.
