Grandmother removes teeth to scare off sex pest
And other stories from the stranger side of life
A Florida grandmother has used an unusual tactic to scare off a naked intruder on her property. When Pennelope Pettersen opened the blinds to her back patio and saw a 28-year-old man, naked and gyrating at her in a “sexual manner”, she removed her dentures and shouted “Grandma no teeth!”, causing the intruder to flee. He was later arrested, still naked, at a nearby apartment complex.
Uber driver catches wife in affair with passenger
A Colombian Uber driver has discovered his wife had been having an affair, after she and her new lover inadvertently booked him as their driver to take them from a restaurant to a motel. The woman reportedly had no idea her husband had been moonlighting as an Uber driver to raise extra money.
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Smugglers film themselves flying drugs into prison
A gang who were attempting to use a drone to fly drugs into a prison have accidentally filmed themselves during the attempt. Prison officials intercepted the drone, and found video footage of the men’s faces, the door number of the house they were operating from and the licence plate of a car belonging to one of the gang.
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