JUNE 12–A North Carolina man is facing criminal charges for creating an amusing piece of public art from construction barrels. Joseph Carnevale, 21, was nabbed Wednesday after a Raleigh Police Department investigation determined that he was responsible for the work (seen below) constructed May 31 on a roadway adjacent to North Carolina State University. Carnevale, pictured in the mug shot at right, was charged with misdemeanor larceny for allegedly building his orange monster from materials pilfered from a construction site. According to an arrest warrant, Carnevale “destroyed three road blocking barrels by cutting and screwing them together to form a statue.” Police estimated that Carnevale’s artwork caused $360 in damages to Hamlett Associates, the North Carolina construction company that owned the barrels. Carnevale is scheduled for a July 21 court appearance in Wake County. (2 pages)
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Meet Nanang, 30, and Bambang, 40, two Indonesian men who were tricked into getting dragons tattooed on their faces. The two men were told by their village chief Sawiyono that he received a text message from a government official offering them work as Jakarta intelligence officers. One of the conditions of employment was, you guessed it, getting their faces inked. The result is below.
The village chief eventually realized it was a hoax and has offered to help the men have the tattoos removed. The person behind the hoax is believed to have been a “mystic” as the men said they felt “half-conscious” while getting the tattoos. Apparently, the Indonesian word for liquor store clerk is slightly different than it is here in the U.S.
Comedian Tom Mabe keeps a tape recorder near his home phone and records his interactions with telemarketers. Check out this audio clip where he turns a sales call into a murder investigation.
UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say a man who pushed his exposed buttocks against a restaurant window as a joke was injured when the glass broke and lacerated his behind.
Authorities say a man, 21, and two others had run down a street Sunday morning with their pants pulled down. The man pushed his behind against the window of a restaurant when it broke and cut him.
The injured man was treated for his injuries at a nearby hospital. The cafe owner decided not to press charges after the men agreed to pay for the broken window.
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