SYDNEY - An Australian man who notified police to report that thieves were trying to break into his home and steal his cannabis plants ended up getting arrested himself. The police came to the house in Adelaide, capital of the state of South Australia just after midnight to discover four men trying to get away with the plants, which were being grown in two rooms there. The men were arrested, along with the 23-year-old homeowner, who was later charged with illegally growing 16 cannabis plants. "He was calling from underneath his bed," a police spokesman said. "I don't know what he was thinking. Perhaps he was smoking too much of his own product."

LUMBERTON, TX - A 56-year-old man dialed 911 and demanded that police arrest his fugitive cat. Police went to the home, but it wasn't the cat that was arrested. Police reports reveal that Lloyd Gregory Coleman continuously called 911 to insist that officers come and arrest his feline, who he claimed possessed outstanding warrants. Dispatchers warned Coleman to stop calling 911, but he didn't listen.
When the cops arrived, Coleman let them search his house for the cat. He also asked them to look for roaches - because he had a lot of them. Police didn't find the cat, but they did discover a prescription bottle of marijuana seeds. Coleman was arrested on complaints of abusing the 911 phone lines, and possession of drugs. Deputies couldn't confirm if the outlaw cat was still at-large.

EXETER, England - A burglar has been jailed in Exeter, Eng-
land, after stealing a complete fitted kitchen, including
the sink, from a house and installing it in his own home.
According to the Exeter Express, Patrick Corby stripped down
the $49,500 kitchen in the Exeter house over several days using power tools. He then carried off the units, freezer, refrigerator, dresser and carpets and re-built the kitchen in his own home, also in Exeter. Andrew Weir, the owner of the house, was living elsewhere. When the kitchen was later found, police discovered a total of 84 items stolen from the unoccupied house. Police said Corby was helped in the burglary by 33-year-old William Roast, who had been illegally living there. The absentee owner was shocked, according to prosecutor Richard Crabb, at the scene of "utter devastation" he found. Corby was sentenced to two years in jail, Roast to one.

SYDNEY - A bank robber who disguised himself as Santa Claus will be spending Christmas in jail after he forgot about the pants. Gregory Harland-White's plan was to rob a bank dressed as Santa, discard the suit in a horse trailer and make his getaway on a bicycle. He had purchased a Santa suit from a chicken feed shop near the bank and armed himself with two pieces of pipe taped together to resemble a gun. After robbing the bank, Harland-White ran into a nearby house trailer to take off the suit and then hurried towards his get away bicycle. Before he could make it to his bike, however, he was caught because he was still wearing the Santa pants. He pleaded guilty to bank robbery in a court in Tasmania and is awaiting sentencing.

A man who said he was "tired of walking" stole a steamroller and led police on a chase that never went over 5 mph. Finally, a police officer walked up and jumped onto the machine, forcing the man to stop.

A businesswoman was at work one day in San Francisco when a colleague saw her take out her credit card and slide it into the 3.5-inch floppy drive on the computer. Her colleague asked her what she was doing and she explained that she was shopping on the Internet.

A 23-year-old woman was arrested at the Salt Lake City airport hotel when she tried to pay for her visit with three $16 bills.

A man who installed windows in skyscrapers was showing his customers how strong each pane of glass was by getting a 10-
foot running start and jumping against the windows from the inside. However, the windows must not have been as strong as he thought: one shattered and he plummeted 27 stories to his death.

Two Texas men tried to rob an ATM by attaching the ends of a
chain to the front of the machine and the bumper of their truck. When they pulled, the bumper fell off the truck. The men then panicked and fled the scene, failing to notice that their license plate was still on the bumper.