MAN WRITES LETTERS TO ESTRANGED WIFE'S CAT

A Utah (Salt Lake City) man is accused of violating a protective order because he allegedly sent letters to his estranged wife's cat. Authorities say Ronald Charles Dallas was ordered not to contact his wife, who is the alleged victim in a domestic violence case against him. Prosecutors allege Dallas mailed 11 letters from jail that were addressed to her cat and a neighbor, but were intended for his wife. They say the letters asked her not to testify against him.

HOW TO ENSURE A SPOT IN HELL

Police arrested a man they said used a crucifix to pry open a donation box and steal cash from a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, church. Surveillance video captured the 48-year-old man breaking into St. John the Baptist Catholic Church last month and removing a crucifix from the altar. He was arrested this week.

HOMELESS MAN BREAKS INTO CLOSED BAR, SELLS BEER

It had seemed like the shuttered Valencia Club had a new lease on life. Alcohol was flowing, and customers were crowding the bar. But detectives in Penryn, California, say the landmark business was actually being operated by a local transient, who broke into the club, re-opened it, and posed as the new owner. Investigators arrested Travis Lloyd Kevie on charges of burglary and selling alcohol without a license. According to detectives, Kevie had learned that the Valencia club lost its liquor license and shut down because he worked on the clean-up crew for the previous owner. Kevie allegedly broke into the building on July 16th, placed an open sign in the window, and started selling alcohol with a six pack of beer he purchased from across the street. His ruse was exposed when a detective recognized Kevie's picture in an article published in a newspaper about the reopening of the Valencia Club. The detective at the club and found Kevie selling alcohol to customers without a liquor license.

MAN SHOOTS WIFE WITH TOILET PAPER

In Reidsville, North Carolina, police arrested 38-year-old Lonnie Irvin Pinnix for allegedly shooting his wife with toilet paper! Allegedly, Pinnix loaded his pistol with a wad of toilet paper and shot his wife, 55-year-old Darlene Pinnix, in the back after she returned to their home shortly after midnight. Investigators said Darlene lay down on the bed and Lonnie shot her in the back with the toilet paper ammunition when she refused his demands to get back up. Lonnie told deputies he shot his wife because she wouldn't leave. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. She was taken to the hospital and treated for powder burns.

COUPLE TUMBLE FROM APARTMENT DURING CHEATING SEX

A cheating couple who fell from an apartment window during a secret sex session suffered broken bones and head wounds. The man and woman fell about 16 feet. The woman, who is married to another man, insisted the pair were not having sex, despite reports from neighbors who spotted the couple in action before their tumble. In a bizarre twist, the clumsy lovers were taken to the same hospital where the woman's husband was recovering from his own fall from a roof a few days earlier.

BEER USES DEAD ANIMALS

The world's new strongest beer has gone on sale -- in controversial bottles made using the bodies of dead animals. Scotland-based craft brewery BrewDog's 'The End of History' beer -- which has 55% alcohol by volume and sells for $750 a bottle -- is the strongest and most expensive beer in the world. It's a blond Belgian ale infused with nettles and juniper berries to give unique taste. But it's the bottle which stands out for most people because they're encased in the bodies of animals which have been specially produced by a taxidermist. Squirrels, hares and short-tailed weasel (aka stoats) have been used, and some are dressed in eccentric outfits.

STORE OWNER BUSTED FOR NAKED MANNEQUIN

What began as a complaint about an exposed mannequin in a Nebraska (Beatrice) store window is raising debate over what is considered obscene. The Beatrice police department received a complaint from a citizen about a mannequin in the window of the store who's pants had fallen down around its ankles. Police say they tried to contact the store’s owner about covering up the mannequin, but were unsuccessful. Officers then taped paper over the area of the window where the mannequin was, to cover it up. When the owner contacted officers about the issue, he claims he was informed to go to the police station, where he would be cited for disorderly conduct. At this point he contacted a lawyer, who insists that the police department broke the law in covering up the mannequin and threatened to take legal action against the city. The attorney said, "Nothing about a naked mannequin constitutes obscenity. I think we’ve all gone into a department store and seen a naked mannequin at one point in our lives. In our opinion, nothing that [my client] did was obscene or criminal in nature. Officers did conduct themselves in a criminal manner." Police have dropped all charges against the store owner, though he's not sure if he’ll be returning the favor.