Police: Parolee robs Mich. bank, tries to hitch ride from undercover detective

September 22nd, 2009 WARSAW - A bank robber who stole about $1,000 at knife-point turns out to have been a priest, prosecutors said Tuesday. The robbery took place Monday afternoon at Polish bank PKO in the town of zamotuly, in western Poland, the Polish Press Agency PAP reported.

September 21st, 2009 Police: ACORN worker in video reported coupleNATIONAL CITY, Calif. — Police say a worker with the activist group ACORN who was caught on video giving advice about human smuggling to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute had reported the incident to authorities.

September 12th, 2009 Police: Well-dressed elderly man robs Calif. bankLA JOLLA, Calif.

August 8th, 2009 Drunk police intern arrested for impersonating copMADISON, Wis. — A Madison police intern has been arrested after he allegedly impersonated an officer to detain three people.

July 29th, 2009 Parolee charged with murdering 17-year-old girlLOS ANGELES — A parolee has been charged with capital murder in the killing of 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot. Charlie Samuel appeared in Superior Court Tuesday and was ordered to remain jailed without bail.

July 18th, 2009 Police: Man reluctantly robs Utah snow cone standRIVERTON, Utah — Investigators said an armed man seemed reluctant, but robbed a 16-year-old girl working at a snow cone stand anyway. Salt Lake County Sheriff's Lt.

July 13th, 2009 Man shot dead in scuffle with NYC cop on his stoopNEW YORK — New York City police say a man who told an undercover officer to get off his family's stoop punched the officer and got into a struggle over the officer's gun before being shot dead. Police say Shem Walker grabbed the officer's gun Saturday night after hitting him on the head.

July 7th, 2009 LA detective from King trial kills self at stationSANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A Los Angeles police detective who testified at the Rodney King trial has shot herself to death after walking into a sheriff's station.

June 26th, 2009 Duke Univ official charged in child sex caseWASHINGTON — A Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering his adopted five-year-old son for sex. Frank Lombard, the school's associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested after an Internet sting, according to the FBI's Washington field office and the city's police department.

June 24th, 2009 Undercover Houston police officer, suspect killedHOUSTON — Police in Houston say one of their undercover officers and a suspect have been killed in a shootout. The officer was investigating sales of stolen TVs when he met a group of suspects in a drug store parking lot Tuesday night.

June 21st, 2009 Police: Lone man robs Puerto Rico hotel-casinoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Police in Puerto Rico's capital are searching for a lone man who robbed $340,000 from a popular hotel and casino by threatening a supervisor's family. A police statement says the robber approached the supervisor at the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino before dawn Sunday and showed a note threatening him and specific members of his family.

June 15th, 2009 Man accused of spitting on officer's Egg McMuffinBERRIEN SPRINGS, Mich. — Authorities said a man faces a felony charge after allegedly spitting on a police officer's McDonald's breakfast sandwich.

May 9th, 2009 Police: Man tried scam after crash killed 4 teensCLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say a Michigan man tried get a business owner to give him a free lawn mower by pretending to be the father of a girl killed in a crash.

April 22nd, 2009 NYC prosecutors: Dad robs, mom drives, kids rideNEW YORK — Prosecutors said a New York City dad and another man robbed homes while his girlfriend drove the getaway minivan with the kids in tow. The three pleaded not guilty Wednesday to burglary and weapon charges.

April 22nd, 2009 Quadriplegic girl found dead in Mich. storage unitFLINT, Mich.