There was a school shooting yesterday.  You might not have heard, because they don't always hit the top of the news cycle anymore.  And apparently, even the schools just consider them normal occurrences now.

A 16-year-old male student was shot and killed by another 16-year-old student at Butler High School in Matthews, North Carolina yesterday morning.  The victim wound up dying at the hospital.

And the school was so unfazed by it that THEY DIDN'T EVEN CANCEL CLASSES.

The school went into lockdown for a little bit, the shooter was arrested . . . and then they told the students they could get picked up . . . or they could keep going with the school day.

The reactions on social media were what you'd expect.  One person wrote, quote, "This decision is normalizing carnage in our schools.  We are failing a generation of children." 

(The Hill)

 I really hope there's never a moment in this country where people DON'T get angry at someone walking down the street dressed as a Nazi.

There's a guy named Bryant Goldbach from Owensboro, Kentucky, who was taking his five-year-old son to a trick-or-treating event on Thursday night.  And Bryant decided to dress as a NAZI OFFICER . . . and dress up his son as HITLER.

He said it was because he and his family, quote, "love history, and often dress the part of historical figures."  But after the event, he put up an angry post on Facebook about how he was SHOCKED at how badly people treated him and his son.

Quote, "Tonight grown adults threatened a child over his costume.  Threatened his mom and dad as well . . . First, it's none of your business.  Second, how dare you! . . . We had the displeasure of dealing with the fruits of the so called 'tolerant left.'"

The next day, after a post on Reddit about his costume and his outrage went viral, he wound up apologizing.  Quote, "I think it was in bad taste for me to let my child . . . wear that, probably for me to wear that.  It didn't occur to me." 

(Lexington Herald Leader / Tristate Homepage)

(Here are the costumes and post.)

There might not be any move DIRTIER than this.

There's a 79-year-old doctor named Suellen Lee in Columbia, Tennessee.  And she had to go in front of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners last month over a CRAZY case.

Apparently, she'd borrowed $300,000 from an elderly patient who's been identified as E.W.

And then, when E.W. asked her to pay it back . . . Lee diagnosed her with DEMENTIA.  That meant E.W. couldn't control her accounts anymore, so it looks like Lee figured it would help her hide the debt.

But E.W. got another doctor to diagnose her . . . and that doctor found NO SIGNS of dementia.  So she filed a complaint against Lee.

Lee denied it . . . well, some of it.  She admitted she borrowed the money and made the dementia diagnosis, but she says E.W. made up the rest, quote, "Because she was so angry with me, because I had said that she was demented."

But she still wound up turning over her medical license and agreeing to a fine and to pay back the loan in installments.  And now it's possible that the police could get involved. 

(The Tennessean)

Well nothing about this woman's story sounds psychotic.  Nope.  Nothing at all.

There's a woman in Australia named Penny.  And she just shared the story of what she did before her wedding to try to guarantee she'd look better than her bridesmaids . . . her older sister Maggie and her younger sister Charlie.

Penny says that in the month leading up to the wedding, she'd make them breakfast smoothies every day.  She SAID they were, quote, "slimming smoothies" so all three of them would look skinny at the wedding.

But she was secretly putting a triple serving of WEIGHT GAIN POWDER from a bodybuilding shop in her sisters' drinks . . . to plump them up so she'd look skinnier next to them in photos.

And her plan worked . . . they both gained enough weight that they had to have their dresses altered to fit.

So Penny says when she looks at her wedding photos now, quote, "I sometimes feel a twinge of guilt . . . but mostly I feel happy." 

(Whimn)

Not everyone loves Halloween.  And some of us have a much lower threshold than others . . .

There's a modern dance company in Park City, Utah that does a show based on "Thriller" each year.  And a group of dancers was promoting it recently, by dressing up as zombies and scaring people outside the theater.

It's not clear how many zombies they had, but a bunch of them were teenage girls.

Well, a 56-year-old guy named Drew Hyde happened to walk by with his family and wanted no part of it.  So he threatened to KNOCK THEM OUT if they touched him, or scared his daughter.

He claims they still didn't back off.  So he was FORCED to defend himself by punching a 14-year-old girl in the face . . . punching another girl in the chest . . . grabbing several of them by their necks . . . and shoving three girls down a small set of stairs.

Now, it's worth noting he's about 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, and played football in college.  So he's not a small guy.  But luckily the girls only ended up with bruises.

He's facing five counts of child abuse, but claims the whole thing was scarier than it sounds.  And he says any father would have done the same thing. 

(KSL / Park Record)

(Here's his mugshot.)

If you're going to commit a crime, wouldn't you want to wear something that DOESN'T make everyone stare at you?  There's a 27-year-old woman named Ashley Curry in Pine Bluff, Arkansas who just learned that lesson the hard way.  She was busted last Tuesday afternoon for shoplifting Flonase nasal spray from a Walmart.

And . . . she was dressed in a full-body COW COSTUME, complete with pink udders on the stomach.

The police didn't say WHY she was in the costume, but I guess we can assume it was an early Halloween thing.

Anyway, when a cop went to search her, she told him to, quote, "Suck a pink cow udder." 

It's not clear if that was an INSULT . . . or a BRIBE.  But either way, she was arrested for shoplifting and resisting arrest. 

(ABC 7 - Little Rock) 

(Here's a picture of Ashley in her costume.)

 Never commit crimes on an empty stomach.

There's a 34-year-old guy named Zachary Miller, and he went into a Subway in Norcross, Virginia earlier this month and ordered a sandwich. 

And when it was time for him to pay, he hopped over the counter and stole about $100 from the register.  Then he took off.

But then Zachary went BACK into the Subway.  Why?  Because he'd forgotten his sandwich.

So he grabbed it, then he took off again . . . for real this time.

Anyway, the cops recognized him from the surveillance video, and he was wanted on several other charges too.  And he was arrested on Tuesday in Tennessee. 

(Atlanta Journal Constitution)

(Here are surveillance shots of him grabbing the sandwich.)

It is officially Mega Millions mania as the jackpot for Friday’s drawing approaches a staggering $1 billion.

Across the nation, people are lining up to buy lottery tickets for the second-largest drawing in American history. 

If you happen to win the massive payout, one expert recommends keeping your mouth shut. 

“First thing you do is stay quiet," Attorney Jason Kurland, who advises big-bucks lottery winners, told Inside Edition. "Don't tell your friends, don't tell your family. You have a couple of weeks before you come forward to the world. You need that time to be in the right mindset. You don't need people knocking on your door asking for handouts before you even have the money." 

Kurland also says you should make sure you sign your winning ticket right away.

“If that's not signed and God forbid you lose it, and someone else signs it and brings it in, it's their ticket," he said. 

When faced with the choice of the annual payment or lump sum, he advises going for the latter, which he calls the better long-term option. 

“Invest in yourself rather than having the lottery pay you every year.” 

About two weeks ago, the most-wanted drug trafficker in Spain was in the news after he came out of hiding to do a cameo in a lame music video.  And now he might be regretting that decision . . .

His name is Francisco Tejón.  Cops had been trying to track him down for about two years, but hadn't had any luck.

Then earlier this month, he showed up in a terrible music video for a Spanish reggaetón artist named Chase-A.  It showed him getting out of a Bentley . . . partying at a mansion . . . and hanging out with women in bikinis.

Cops saw it as him TAUNTING them.  So they poured through the footage looking for details that might reveal where it was filmed.  And they also started monitoring the singer's social media pages.

His social media posts ended up revealing the general location where the video was shot.  And they used that information to zero in.

Tejón's lawyers eventually gave them an address.  And yesterday morning, he was forced to turn himself in.  He's now he's facing a lengthy prison sentence.  (The Guardian / BBC)

(Here's a shot from the music video.  He's the one on the right.)

Never mess with a four-year-old when it comes to hide-and-seek.

There's a 24-year-old guy named Jesse Vaughn Lawson in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.  And he was a fugitive with an outstanding warrant for burglary and receiving stolen property.

Well . . . earlier this month, the cops went to his girlfriend's apartment to try to find him.  She said she hadn't seen him in almost a week.

But her four-year-old son had a different story.  According to the police report, when the kid found out why the cops were there, he told them, quote, "He's hiding from you in the electrical room.  Come on, I'll show you."

And then he led the cops to Jesse's hiding place.

Jesse was arrested, and he was hit with additional charges for flight to avoid apprehension and endangering the welfare of a child. 

(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

If they ever do "Family Feud:  Thunderdome Edition", sign these guys up . . .

A guy in Bristol, Tennessee was mowing the lawn recently when his 76-year-old father came after him with a CHAINSAW.

The dad's name is Douglas Ferguson.  It's not clear what they were arguing about, or how things got to the point of CHAINSAW serious.  But it was part of an ongoing feud.

And the son was forced to defend himself . . . by running his dad over with THE LAWNMOWER.

Douglas suffered serious injuries, and ended up losing one of his legs.

This all happened back in June, but cops didn't arrest Douglas until last week, because he was still recovering.

They charged him with attempted murder, and for violating his probation from a previous assault charge. 

His son isn't facing any charges

I've made PLENTY of bad choices while I was drunk.  But THIS is a new one . . .

A 33-year-old woman named Gina Lyons from London and her 35-year-old husband Mark Lee went on their honeymoon to Sri Lanka back in December.  And they LOVED the small hotel they were staying at.

But one night, while they were about 12 glasses of rum deep, they found out the hotel was going to shut down because the owners either couldn't or wouldn't make the lease payments.

And when Gina and Mark found out those payments were around $40,000 total for three years . . . they BOUGHT the hotel on the spot and signed a new three-year lease.

The problem is . . . it's not like they're rich.  Once they sobered up, they panicked over what they'd done . . . but a deal is a deal.

So they sunk in another $8,000 for some renovations and reopened the hotel in July.  They're calling it Lucky Beach Tangalle, and they say, fortunately, business has been GREAT. 

(The Takeout)

There's such a fine line between trying to make a joke and accidentally getting into human trafficking.  Apparently.

There's a guy in London named Dale Leeks.  And over the weekend, he and his girlfriend Kelly Greaves were at a shop buying horse riding accessories . . . and she used a horse whip to hit him on the butt.  British people, am I right?

So to get his revenge, he pulled his own prank . . . he listed her for SALE on eBay.

The posting was obviously a joke, and he described her like a used car with lines like, quote, "Starts okay but after a while there's a constant whining noise I can't seem to stop" and, quote, "bodywork is fairly tidy but close up shows signs of wear."

Well . . . somehow, he accidentally sparked a bidding war.  And the price for Kelly got up to $119,000 before eBay pulled the ad 24 hours later.  They said it broke their policy against selling human body parts or remains.

Dale and Kelly say there aren't any hard feelings between them after the post . . . but Kelly says she may be looking to pull another prank for revenge. 

(CTV)

(Here's a screenshot of the ad and a picture of the couple.)

This woman on PlentyOfFish.com is definitely one you'd throw back. 

20-year-old Avalone Fishback lives in Guthrie, Oklahoma.  And she recently went on the Plenty of Fish dating app after her boyfriend dumped her.  (Could her name be any more perfect?)

But she wasn't just looking for someone to replace him . . . she was looking for someone to KILL him.

She started chatting with two different guys and tried to hire them as HIT MEN.  She made offers to at least four men total, including two on Plenty of Fish, one guy on Snapchat, and a fourth guy who says she offered him $600 to do it.

One of the Plenty of Fish guys actually AGREED to do it for $1,000.  But she backed out when he said he was already facing charges for something else.  So she probably thought he had too much heat on him.

Luckily, the other guy she met on Plenty of Fish went to the cops.  And she's now facing charges for first-degree solicitation of murder. 

(WDAF)

(Here's her mugshot.)

If this had happened on Halloween, it might make sense because of all the costumes.  Instead, it's just the ramblings of a drugged-up idiot . . .

A guy in West Monroe, Louisiana named Michael Auttonberry called the cops the other day and claimed someone attacked him with an AXE.

He said they "stabbed" him in the head with it.  But when cops got to his house, he wasn't hurt.  And he was yelling at people who weren't actually there.

He claimed a burglar attacked him.  So they searched the place, but didn't find any signs of a break-in.

They did spot a small bag of METH sitting on his nightstand though.  And when they asked him about it, he said a GHOST must have planted it.

He's facing charges for possession of a controlled substance and filing a false report.

(KNOE)

(Here's his mugshot.)

So this is definitely ONE way to get really popular at school really quickly.  Not a good way.  Not a legal way.  Not a smart way.  But an effective way.

There's a 17-year-old girl at Hartford High School in Hartford, Michigan.  She's a cheerleader, and she REALLY wanted to be elected homecoming queen.

So . . . she started trying to bribe kids to vote for her a few weeks ago by passing out POT BROWNIES at school.  But someone anonymously tipped off the principal . . . and they called the cops.

The cops say the girl passed out 12 brownies, and they managed to confiscate three of them . . . which they sent to the state lab for testing.

No charges have been filed yet, but the girl could be facing a FELONY for distributing the brownies in a drug-free zone.

Also, it looks like they crowed a homecoming queen this past weekend, and we don't know if it was the pot brownies girl.  But since the school says she's out of town on a, quote, "family emergency," we're guessing it's not. 

(Fox 17 - West Michigan)

Sometimes karma hits back REALLY quickly.

A guy tried to break into a restaurant in Suitland, Maryland a few weeks ago.  He managed to get inside, and his plan was to throw a brick through the window in front of the counter, so he could get back there and rob the place.

But he didn't realize the window was made out of BULLETPROOF GLASS.

So when he threw the brick, it bounced right off the window . . . and hit him square in the FACE.

He went down immediately, and stayed down for a few minutes before he ran away empty handed.

The cops just released the surveillance video of him getting knocked out . . . and they're trying to track him down by asking people to report someone with a, quote, "suspicious head injury." 

(UPI) 

https://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2018/10/pgpd-searches-for-bad-luck-bandit.html

A big problem with a May-December romance is that your schedules don't always sync up.  Although, if this woman had just waited another hour, her much-older husband might have been up for breakfast anyway . . .

Last Tuesday, 31-year-old Holly Akers decided to go on a cleaning binge and vacuum her house in Tampa, Florida at THREE IN THE MORNING.  And it woke her husband up.

We don't know his exact age, but he's over 65.  So he's at least 34 years older than her, or more than twice her age.

He tried moving rooms to get away from the noise, but she kept following him.  So it sounds like maybe she was TRYING to cause drama.

Then they got into a fight about it, and she hit him on the nose with one of the vacuum attachments.

He only ended up with a scratch, but called the cops.  She denied hitting him, but she's now facing a felony charge for battery on a person 65 or older. 

(TampaBay.com / WTFFlorida)

(Here's her mugshot.)