Briefs

By Jorge Campos |Staff Writer|

Woman finds bag of cocaine inside of granola bar.

Woman finds bag of cocaine inside granola bar

Cynthia Rodriguez reported that a bag of cocaine fell from the wrapper of a Nature Valley granola bar she purchased.

Rodriguez stated that she originally thought she won a prize. She called Nature Valley and a company representative told her to report the incident to her local police department, according to WBIR.com.

Police officer sues Starbucks after his free coffee spilled on him

Matthew Kohr, a North Carolina police officer who received a free cup of coffee while in uniform, is now suing Starbucks, claiming he burned himself after the hot coffee spilled on him.

The officer is seeking $750,000 from the multi-billion dollar coffee giant to cover the cost of medical fees and damages, according to ABC News.

Teacher puts autistic student upside down in trashcan 

A special education teacher was charged with cruelty to children after putting an autistic student inside a trash can and compared him to Oscar the Grouch.

Marrieta Pursley told the student about his trashy behavior and told him “If he has trashy behavior like Oscar, he’d go in the trash can.”

An unnamed employee immediately stepped in and confronted Pursley and notified administration and the police..

Bank robbery posted on Instagram

Dominyk Alfonseca, who is accused of robbing the TowneBank at Virginia Beach Town Center, posted a picture of the note he handed to the teller on his Instagram account along with a video of the teller “piling up the money for him,” according to KSDK.com

“For real, I didn’t even do it for money, you understand? I didn’t do for that money. I knew my pic would get exposure,” stated Alfonseca.

Pentagon credit card used for gambling and hookers

An audit of the Government Travel Charge of Transactions from the Department of Defense revealed that a significant number of Pentagon employees were charging their extracurricular activities involving escort services in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, according to Chicago Sun Times.

Pentagon employees may have used the government cards for gambling and escort services in order to shield the charges from spouses.