A Pennsylvania man confesses, and more

A Pennsylvania man turned himself in after reading a newspaper story about a robbery and realizing that his “other personality” had committed the crime.

A Pennsylvania man confesses

A Pennsylvania man turned himself in to police after reading a newspaper story about a robbery and realizing that his “other personality” had committed the crime. Timothy Beer, 23, told police he was waiting for a takeout order at a Chinese restaurant when he suddenly blacked out. Next thing he knew, he was playing video games at his cousin’s house. But when he read about the knife-point robbery of the restaurant the next day, he turned himself in to police, telling the cops that his other personality took over and “did something stupid.”

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