![[VIDEO] Wife douses husband with beer at Wrigley Field](http://cdn.ph.upi.com/sblc/i/8801369105285/13690727911538/3/VIDEO-Wife-douses-husband-with-beer-at-Wrigley-Field.jpg "[VIDEO] Wife douses husband with beer at Wrigley Field")
![[VIDEO] David Beckham cries during last game of his career](http://cdn.ph.upi.com/sblc/8801369105285/5/VIDEO-David-Beckham-cries-during-last-game-of-his-career.jpg "[VIDEO] David Beckham cries during last game of his career")
![[VIDEO] Amy Poehler back on 'SNL' for 'Weekend Update' segment targeting IRS](http://cdn.ph.upi.com/sblc/i/8801369105285/13690077384778/7/VIDEO-Amy-Poehler-back-on-SNL-for-Weekend-Update-segment-targeting-IRS.jpg "[VIDEO] Amy Poehler back on 'SNL' for 'Weekend Update' segment targeting IRS")
![[PHOTOS] 2013 Celebrity Couples](http://cdn.ph.upi.com/sblc/8801369105285/8/PHOTOS-2013-Celebrity-Couples.jpg "[PHOTOS] 2013 Celebrity Couples")
1.
eBay seller: Nicolas Cage is a vampire
JOLIET, Ill., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- An Illinois man who accused a police officer of a racially provoked attack is facing an assault charge for throwing a courtroom chair at the officer.
Joliet City attorney Greg Smith said Lavelle Watts Jr., 32, became enraged Thursday when a jury ruled against Watts in his civil suit against Joliet Officer Joshua Sawyer, whom Watts accused of twisting his arm and slamming him into a car while saying things wouldn't "be easier" for Watts "now that we've got a black president. The alleged indicate was related to call Sawyer responded to in March 2009 regarding a domestic disturbance call at Watts' girlfriend's house, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday.
Watts allegedly threw a courtroom chair at Sawyer Thursday before scuffling with the officer and jumping on a bench.
Watts was arrested by deputy U.S. marshals. Sawyer was treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for an injury to his left arm.
The arrest report said Watts confessed to deputies. He is now facing a federal assault charge.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Odd News Stories | |
NAPLES, Fla., May 21 (UPI) --
The 44-year-old daughter of broadcast journalist Barbara Walters has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, Florida police said.
|
NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) --
Former first daughter Caroline Kennedy served on a New York jury that acquitted a Harlem man of selling drugs to an undercover police officer.
|
DAKAR, Senegal, May 21 (UPI) --
A California couple taking a trip to Dakar, Senegal, said Turkish Airlines instead sent them nearly 7,000 miles off-course to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
|
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 21 (UPI) --
Police in Sweden said they have arrested former Saab Automobile chief executive officer Jan Ake Jonsson on suspicion of concealing funds from tax authorities.
|
| Stories | Photos | Comments |
View Caption
