New Zealand traffic officer Andy Flitton cited an unnamed speeder recently for the second time in two years — 11,000 miles from the spot of the first ticket.
Flitton had moved from the U.K. to New Zealand, and unknown to him, the motorist himself had relocated to New Zealand last year.
When Flitton stopped the man in Wellington in December 2010, the motorist recognized Flitton as the one who had ticketed him on the A5 highway near London.
Next time
they’ll
leave off
the shirt
Several students at Texas’ Carrizo Springs High School were suspended, and a teacher placed on leave, after a parent complained that her son had been grabbed by the shirt and stapled to a classroom wall.
She said it was at least the second time that it had happened.
That’s
violence
all
right
Jodi Gilbert was arrested in Jamestown, N.Y., and charged with domestic violence — stapling her boyfriend in the head several times with a Stanley Hammer Tacker.
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