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Curses, Foiled Again Miami police investigating the hit-and-run death of Ana Iris Perez-Hernandez, 25, identified Jose Santiago, 62, as their suspect after finding remains of the homemade spaghetti and tomato sauce she had been carrying underneath the grill of Santiago’s gold Toyota Corolla and on the bottom part of the windshield. “There aren’t too many vehicles with spaghetti on them,” Detective Lorraine Rubio told the Miami Herald.... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again Police in Williamsburg, Ky., arrested two men and two women for stealing a 20-foot-long section of railroad track. Unable to load the track onto their truck, even with a hoist, they chained it to the back and dragged it behind them, gouging the pavement along the way. The trail led to a scrap yard, where the thieves were trying to sell the track for “a pretty good chunk of change,” Officer Shawn Jackson said.... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again John Wilkinson, 24, entered a drug store in Stanton, Texas, carrying what appeared to be a gun wrapped in a dark cloth, yelled at customers to get down and demanded Zanax and hydrocodine from the pharmacist. He made off with the drugs, according to police Chief Mike Adams, but when he reached his car, which he left idling in front of the drug store, he realized he had locked the keys inside. Wilkinson fled on foot, pursued by police, who shot him in the shoulder because they thought he was carrying a weapon. It turned out to be a caulking gun.... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again Authorities identified a wanted man because he had his name tattooed on the side of his head. Federal task force officers investigating an unrelated incident at a shelter in Billings, Mont., said they recognized Sterling F. Wolfname, 26, from a Wyoming police description, but he denied he was the suspect until they noticed the tattoo that said “Wolfname.”... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again A man phoned a Pizza Hut restaurant in Elko, Nev., claiming to have stolen five signs used atop delivery vehicles. He demanded $500 for their return. Police said when the manager wanted proof he had the signs, the caller sent a cell phone picture. Officers were able to zoom in on license plate numbers of two vehicles in the background, registered to Jess Jay Long, 23, a former employee of the restaurant. Police charged Long with extortion, possession of stolen property and grand larceny... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again A man disguised as a woman walked into a restaurant in Metairie, La., ordered two doughnuts and handed the clerk a $5 bill. According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, when the clerk opened the register, the man pulled a handgun. The employee reacted by screaming for someone to call 911. The startled robber not only fled without taking any money, but also left behind his $5 and the doughnuts.... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again When a man wearing a wig and sunglasses tried to rob a pizza shop in Denton, Texas, employee Stephanie Martinez emptied the register, but co-worker Rudy Sandoval attacked the intruder, knocking off his disguise. “I dropped the money,” Martinez told the Denton Record-Chronicle. “I said, ‘Don’t hit him again!... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again Police in Troy, Wis., identified Paul Crowell, 22, as the one who stole a Taser from a patrol car after he posted a video online showing him and his father, Paul Dupey, shocking each other with the stolen weapon. Crowell, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in jail, showed the video to a girl, who reported it to police.... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again A surveillance video of an attempted drug-store robbery in Port Richey, Fla., shows the suspect handing a hold-up note to a clerk, only the note is blank. The St. Petersburg Times reported the suspect then verbally announced the robbery, but the clerk ignored him to call 911 and describe the robber, who tried to hang up the phone but couldn’t. He then tried to open the cash register but couldn’t and left empty handed.... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again An armed man wearing a fake beard and mustache and a wig walked into a bank in Fort Worth, Texas, and demanded cash. Police Lt. Paul Henderson said the robber, who apparently took a taxi to the bank, asked the teller for a ride, but the teller refused, instead handing the man keys and telling him they belonged to a car in the parking lot. They didn’t. The frustrated robber tried to steal a car from a woman at a drive-through ATM who said she needed space to pull up; when the robber let her, she drove off.... Read more