Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Interrupted burglar tries to make trade BREMERTON, Wash., April 27 (UPI) -- A Washington state burglar who was chased off by a gun-wielding homeowner called later in the day to offer a trade for items he left behind, police said. Advertisement Bremerton police said officers were called to a Pitt Avenue home around 3 a.m. and the homeowners told them they had awakened to the sound of a burglar in the house and they chased him off with a gun, KOMO-TV, Seattle, reported Thursday. Police said the burglar called the homeowners in the afternoon and offered to trade some of the items he had taken from their home for a bag he had left behind, which contained papers bearing his name. The homeowners agreed and the burglar arrived at the home to find police waiting for him. Police Sgt. Kevin Crane said the burglar, whose name was not released, was very polite during the incident and apologized to the homeowners while he was being arrested. Advertisement "It's very unusual," Crane said of the case. "I've never seen this happen before where a burglar contacts the victim trying to make a deal to exchange things he left behind for some of the items he stole from the victims." Detroit Tigers have most expensive beer DETROIT, April 27 (UPI) -- A financial Web site's analysis of beer prices at Major League Baseball games found the Detroit Tigers have the most expensive small draft beer in the league. The Street.com said its analysis found the Tigers' Comerica Park charges $8.75 for a small draft beer, the highest price in the league, The Detroit Free Press reported Thursday. The Web site said the average price for a beer at an MLB game is $6.61. The only other team to break the $8 mark was the Miami Marlins, which charges the amount for a 16-ounce beer, The Detroit News reported. The next most expensive team was the Philadelphia Phillies, who charge $7.75 for 21 ounces of suds. Drunk man admits brewery truck theft OLOFSTROM, Sweden, April 27 (UPI) -- Swedish authorities said a man pleaded guilty to drunkenly stealing a brewery truck full of empty bottles and leaving a trail of broken glass behind him. Advertisement Police said the man, whose name was not released, was drunk in September when he drove off with the truck, which was being loaded with empty bottles outside a state-run Systembolaget liquor store in Olofstrom, The Local reported Thursday. The truck driver, who was loading the back at the time, managed to jump from the vehicle when it began rolling away. Police said the bottles that fell from the back of the truck and broke on the road punctured the tires of several cars before police caught up with the thief. The man, whose blood-alcohol content was measured at far above the legal limit for driving, pleaded guilty this week to grand theft auto, reckless driving, illegal driving and aggravated drunken driving, authorities said. Police: Hit-and-run suspect 'had the runs' GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 27 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a man told them he fled the scene of an accident and went to a Walmart because he "had the runs." Gainesville police said Barnard Cato III was arrested Tuesday and charged with driving under the influence, hit and run and a felony count of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury after he struck another occupied vehicle and a few newspaper boxes around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday and left the scene, The Gainesville Sun reported Thursday. Advertisement Police found Cato a few minutes later at a Walmart, where he told officers he did not realize he had hit the other vehicle and he "pulled into the next stop. ... I had the runs, I had to go," he said. Officers said Cato had a "strong odor of alcohol emanating from his breath and clothing" and his eyes were "bloodshot and watery." Cato declined to submit to a breathalyzer test.
