Author: town gist

A Florida man found an extreme way to cheat on his diet last night: He broke into a closed fast food restaurant and drank more than 25 gallons of used oil from the deep fryers.The Miami Police Department received a call for a break-in at a Burger King restaurant around 2 A.M. and some officers were on the site in a matter of minutes. Upon arriving at the restaurant, they found 510-lb Romeo Carter, chugging down oil directly from the deep fryers. The 41-year old man has already ingested dozens of gallons of cooking oil but was still drinking it…

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She Agreed To Drive Her Classmate To Prom Since He Didn’t Have A Ride But Then She Backed Out A Day Before A 17-year-old girl had her prom a few weeks ago, and it really was something that was giving her anxiety in the days leading up to it.One week prior to prom, one of her classmates asked if she could give him a ride to their prom since he didn’t have anyone else to get him there.It really wasn’t an issue taking him, but he can be a bit obnoxious and she was extremely stressed out about having to…

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LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) – A woman in Las Vegas is accused of stealing a $50,000 watch and thousands of dollars from a hotel guest staying on the Strip.According to an arrest report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Anniajah Pratt stole a $50,000 Patek Phillipe watch, $50,000 in cash that the guest had in a backpack and $500 from his wallet. KVVU reports the incident happened on May 6 at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.Vegas police said the man told them he recalled drinking at a bar in the casino and then going back to his room. However,…

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Jordan and his older brother Danny were shocked when they found their inheritance stolen. Although the suspect was arrested, Jordan knew something was not right. One day, he accidentally heard his late dad’s parrot talking about the stolen items, which pointed him to the real robber.Adam and Emma Joy were a struggling couple who barely had enough to make ends meet. They were poor when their first son Danny was born. They couldn’t even afford toys and proper clothes for him. However, their second son, Jordan, rewrote their fate.When Emma went into labor for the second time, they already had…

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I got the news one late night that my sister had given birth. I said in my head, “Was it not recently that I saw this girl pregnant? Or pregnancy last for only two months these days?” My sister Babie, she had gotten married a year ago though she’s the youngest among the siblings. She got married at twenty-two. My mother didn’t want her to get married. My dad too. Even our senior sister said she was too young to get married. I was the only one who stood by her side and said, “Go ahead, girl. Marriage isn’t for…

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10-Year-Old Boy Thinks His Parents Are Asleep, Sneaks into His Little Brother’s Room at 3 Am A 10-year-old boy named Mason McIntosh snuck into his little brother’s room at an odd hour without parental supervision. With his actions, he proved that even kids can understand compassion.Gloria McIntosh shares six children with her husband. Yet, despite the large family, the Ohio mom is conscious of the values she instills in her kids. A fundamental principle she chatters about often is being responsible even without supervision. Gloria wanted her kids to know that a person’s true character is what they do when…

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman is back behind bars after being released from custody and then shooting into a crowd, hitting a 12-year-old boy, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.FOX13 first told you about this story on Wednesday, May 11, after a 12-year-old boy was shot in the leg on Faxon Ave. Police said that boy was shot after 35-year-old Latroya Lemons fired into a crowd of people. According to court records, Lemons was released from custody just a day before that shooting, having been arrested for harassment earlier that same week. A warrant was soon put out for…

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WATCH: Woman refuses to pay to get hair redone, steals purse, throws victim from car, police say WATCH: Woman refuses to pay to get hair redone, steals purse, throws victim from car, police sayMEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman who wasn’t happy with her hair is now wanted for theft and aggravated assault, according to the Memphis Police Department.Memphis Police said a woman refused to pay to get her hair redone at TOUBA Hair Braiding on Winchester Rd. on Friday, May 13. An argument ensued and the woman went behind the counter and grabbed a purse, according to police.The woman walked…

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If everything went according to plan, we should have been married by now. We wanted to get married in December 2020. She told me, “It’s easy for us to get married now than ever because of the Covid. We can meet our pastor today and tomorrow we are married. Let’s take advantage of that.” I said, ”Great idea but everything is in the hands of your parents now.I can’t come up with what they are asking from me. If I try, we’ll start our marital journey on debt. I don’t want to do that. Talk to them to reason up.…

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I saw her smelling my clothes while washing them. She will pick my shirt, bring it to her nose before she dips it in water. she didn’t smell the trousers. Only the shirts. I was standing there looking at her. She didn’t know I was looking at her. She did the same thing for all my shirts until she finished washing them. I didn’t ask questions. The next weekend too I stood in the window and looked at her doing the same thing. I called her name, “Bee, what are you doing? You’ve been smelling my shirts. Are they smelling…

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