City police here, participated in a low speed police chase (ala OJ Simpson), after the local hospital reported a man causing a disturbance in the hospital, was refusing to leave. A police officer spied the man exiting the hospital car park, and attempted to get the suspect to pull over. The suspect didn't, and continued to drive home, with a police car, lights and siren, following him...at the posted speed limit, of 30mph. Police said the suspect not only kept within the speed limit during the chase, but also stopped at all the stop signs, and used his turn signals properly, as well.

Turns out the man drove home, pulling into his own driveway, because he didn't want police to tow his car.

Well, seems that was a wasted effort, and the man not only had his car towed, but also had the additional charges stemming from failure to obey a police officer. Our wild and crazy crimianal apparently wasn't supposed to be driving at all--with five previous suspensions of his driver's license, and a prior arrest for aggrivated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. The man is currently in the Warren County jail, for lack of $500 cash bond.

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In other news, two teens from a rural town are now facing felony charges, of placing a false bomb, after a game got out of hand.

It seems there were three boys who played with paint or pellet guns, and two of the boys made some fake bombs, by placing foil wrap around some balls, and attatching wires and battery packs to them. The boys then placed the 'bombs' on a child's sled, with a note attached that read, "If you touch this you will get shot." They towed the sled to a nearby road, and left it near someone's driveway--intending for it to be seen by the third boy of the group.

Well, the thrid boy didn't see it--but the man whose driveway sat near the "bomb," did. He rang up the New York State Police, whom of course, dispatched a bomb squad. The police determined the true nature of the device, and after a brief investigation, arrested the two teens.