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Snoozing transit worker photo raises flap

TORONTO, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A photo posted online of a Toronto Transit Commission subway toll collector apparently asleep in his booth has led to an inquiry.

Subway rider Jason Wieler posted the photo of the collector reclining in a chair with closed eyes, mouth open and hands folded on his stomach on the Twitter's Twitpic site, causing major embarrassment for transit officials.

Wieler told the Toronto Star he took the picture with his cellphone Jan. 9 around 10 p.m. at an east-end subway station and posted it to air his unhappiness with a recent fare increase.

"I didn't post to get anyone in trouble, but to highlight TTC problems," he said.

Wieler said he saw numerous people entering the station without paying after noticing the collector wasn't active.

TTC spokesman Brad Ross told the Sun the commission will conduct an internal investigation.

"We need to look into this," Ross said. "Clearly, that should not be happening."

Officers mistake candy for crack

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Two New York plumbers were jailed after two police officers mistook a bag of candy for crack, authorities said.

"Sweet happens," the New York Post quoted an unapologetic police source as saying of the mistake.

After Jose Pena and Cesar Rodriguez had gone into a liquor/convenience store to buy their usual coconut candy, two officers waiting outside asked to search their minivan.

"I said, 'Go search.' I even opened the door," Rodriguez said.

One officer rummaged around and, after finding a "Hello Kitty" sandwich bag with a crumbled substance inside, allegedly shouted "Bingo!"

The two plumbers were handcuffed and taken into custody even though the officers could have realized their mistake on the spot, the men's lawyer told the Post.

"That's the reason why they have a field-test kit," Neal Wallerstein said.

Pena was released after three days in custody and Rodriguez after five, the Post said.

"I didn't know having candy was a crime," Rodriguez said.

Alleged thief leaves wallet with his I.D.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A Tennessee man was charged with aggravated burglary and theft after allegedly leaving his wallet on the stairwell of a home he targeted, police said.

"It's not often that an alleged criminal might leave a calling card," said Shelby County Sheriff's Office spokesman Steve Shular. "This one happened to have not only a name and address, but a picture I.D. of the suspect."

The wallet belonging to Agandus Osborn, 26, contained a birth certificate, Tennessee I.D. card and Social Security card, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported Friday.

Police arrived at the burglarized Carmen Cove home at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 15 after residents reported the theft of an Xbox, two televisions and other items worth more than $5,000.

Osborn told investigators he was set up by another party. But Shular said the Shelby County District Attorney General's Office determined the wallet was verification enough to bring charges.

Osborn was being held on $75,000 bail.

Court rejects religious pot argument

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- An Alaska couple's claims that 50 marijuana plants growing in their home were for religious cleansing were rejected by appeals court judges.

The three-member Alaska Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to reject the argument that Michael Lineker, 64, and his wife Maria, 49, were using the plants discovered in their Craig, Alaska, home by police in 2003 for religious cleansing rituals involving the plant oils, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.

Michael Lineker pleaded no contest to fourth-degree misconduct with a controlled substance and his wife made the same plea to a charge of fourth-degree attempted misconduct. Both made deals with prosecutors allowing them to appeal the convictions.

Superior Court Judge Larry Weeks said in the original trial that the Linekers did not seem sincere about their religious beliefs. He said Lineker's "speech and manner under oath left the court with a firm conviction that as he was testifying he was making it up as he went along."