A college student in suburban Atlanta is accused of faking his own kidnapping to avoid telling his parents he was failing a class.
John’s Creek city spokesman Doug Nurse says 19-year-old Aftab Aslam bought a mobile phone and texted his parents a story about being kidnapped on April 27.
He camped out for about a week, but the weather turned cold and rainy and he went home, and has now been charged with making a false report, false statements, tampering with evidence and terroristic threats.
Singer’s ‘steroid use’
The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer’s mind has been ravaged by steroid use.
U-T San Diego reports that the detail came to light during a hearing for 32-year-old Timothy Lambesis, who has pleaded not guilty to solicitation for murder.
Prosecutors say Lambesis, frontman for Grammy-winning band As I Lay Dying, paid $1,000 to an undercover detective posing as a hitman and gave instructions on how best to kill his wife.
Bionic woman
An Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease has been fitted with bionic hands.
Andy Copeland said that his 25-year-old daughter, Aimee, is returning to Georgia from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of hands with 24 programmable functions that will improve her dexterity.
Copeland, of Snellville, contracted a rare infection called necrotizing fasciitis in May 2012 after falling from a zip line and gashing her leg.
Bra ban binned
A historic Milwaukee bowling alley and bar almost went without the appropriate support after a city inspector decided dozens of bras hanging from its ceiling were a fire hazard.
Holler House owner Marcy Skowronski, 87, says she and her friends started the tradition 45 years ago, when they had a few drinks and threw their bras onto skis hanging from the bar’s ceiling.
Inspectors did not say anything until this year, and her son-in-law took the bras down for fear they would get fined, but after calling a local politician and newspaper, the city backed down.