I was reading the news at work this morning...

and a couple items caught my attention:

Family lost in Mass. corn maze calls 911 for help


DANVERS, Mass. (AP) - Authorities in Massachusetts say a family that got lost in a seven-acre corn maze called 911 for help, apparently taking advantage of the police department's motto that says "We Want To Be Bothered."
The maze at Connors Farm in Danvers can take up to an hour to navigate.
A police officer entered the maze with a farm manager to search for the disoriented father, mother and two children. The family didn't realize they had almost made their way out and were just 25 feet from the street.

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Police: Man impersonating cop pulls over real cop


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Police say a New Mexico man pretending to be police officer pulled over a real Albuquerque Police Department detective and is facing charges.

Tyree Appleberry was given the citation Wednesday on charges of impersonating a police officer then arrested for an outstanding warrant.
According to police, the 42-year-old turned on his strobe lights on his white Chevy Tahoe in an attempt to stop a driver, who turned out to be an undercover officer.

But Appleberry said he was not impersonating an officer and was instead asking the driver why he was in the parking lot next to an auto auction yard where his friend works.

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Man who washed truck naked gets probation in Mass.


ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) - A man who scrubbed his pickup truck in the nude at a Massachusetts car wash has been sentenced to a year of probation.

Robert E. Bailey, of Cumberland, R.I., pleaded guilty on Monday to open and gross conduct for being naked at Economy Car Wash in North Attleborough on May 31.

A woman vacuuming her vehicle at the business called police after she saw the 65-year-old Bailey in the nude.
Police say Bailey was wearing shorts by the time they arrived at the scene and denied doing anything wrong.

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MASON, Ohio (AP) - A possible plane crash reported near an Ohio interstate turned out to be only a prop on the grounds of a water park.

Media outlets report a passing motorist on Interstate 71 north of Cincinnati thought it was a downed plane and alerted authorities late Wednesday morning. Fire and emergency crews were dispatched to the scene.

Spokesman Derek Blevins at The Beach water park in Mason tells WHIO radio the decorative prop has been on the property since May and was never an issue before. But he says it may be more visible from the interstate because falling leaves have reduced the amount of tree cover.

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And lastly

Driver arrested for masturbating while driving


DEERFIELD, MA (WSHM) - David Dellorusso, 33, of West Hatfield has been arrested by Massachusetts State Police after allegedly being caught masturbating while driving on Interstate 91 Thursday evening.
Massachusetts State Police were contacted shortly after 6:30 p.m., when a passenger of a van that was transporting a girls high school field hockey team reported seeing Dellorusso masturbating while driving on Interstate 91 southbound in the Deerfield area.

Troopers caught up with Dellorusso near exit 20 in Northampton. Dellorusso faces 17 counts of open and gross lewdness, reflecting the number of victims in the van, and a single count of indecent exposure.

Dellorusso is scheduled to be arraigned Friday at Greenfield District Court

Must have been a long boring ride