This never happened to The Hamburglar. [September 8, 2010] A student at Middletown High School was tasered after he was allegedly caught stealing a Jamaican pattie from the school cafeteria … Source: …
Weird News
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Anything to win, right? [September 19, 2009] A former Central Connecticut State University athlete claims that the coach of the track team forced him to drink a cup of blood … Source: …
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Mmm … pi. [April 6, 2011] Masuk High School students in Monroe constructed a paper chain representing the value of pi in hopes that the chain, which is more than a mile …
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His plan was scuttled. [September 19, 2012] The commander of the USS Pittsburgh nuclear submarine was relieved of his duties after it came to light that the married man faked his death …
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Sounds like they’re trying to milk the headlines! Seems udderly ridiculous. [February 23, 2010] The Suffield chapter of FFA created a 40-foot-long bar of soap made from 30 pounds of goat’s milk …
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Okay, it’s not full of pirate treasure, but it’s still not everyday the wreck of a Connecticut ship is discovered . . . [Dec. 23, 2008] The largest ship built on the …
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The “good guys” aren’t supposed to fight each other, are they? [November 2, 2010] Two men dressed as superheroes Captain America and Spider-Man were arrested after a Halloween night brawl in Stamford …
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Clean-up in aisle 5! [September 2, 2012] Employees at a Hartford supermarket were able to subdue a would-be robber and bind him with duct tape until police arrived … Source: Hartford Courant
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Wipeout! (And where the heck were they surfing on the East Coast in April?!) [April 26, 2009] Surfboards fell off the roof of a car in Westport, resulting in a multicar crash …
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Okay, this is more terrifying than any ghost story you can tell. [April 22, 2009] In Connecticut, hospitals reported 65 cases of leaving “retained objects” in patients during the four-year period from …
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Apparently, the fake stuff isn’t much better tasting than the real stuff. [March 2, 2013] Bridgeport police arrested a man after he nearly choked on a wad of counterfeit $50 bills that …
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Well, how convenient. [June 17, 2009] An East Windsor man accused of multiple crimes inadvertently surrendured when a ceiling gave way, dropping him right into the waiting arms of police … Source: …