“We Kid U Not”

A Bottom Line Problem
A South African sex education teacher was sentenced to three years probation after propositioning female students by asking to sign their bottoms. Mafa Chauke was also ordered to attend a rehabilitation program, but the teacher was acquitted of more serious charges that could have included a prison sentence. Chauke, 34, started making indecent suggestions to female students ages 12-13 after starting work at the local high school in 2002. Chauke said he was the target of a campaign by other teachers who wanted him fired. Local rights groups criticized what they saw as a lenient sentence. In South Africa, sexual abuse in schools is a common problem. (Reuters News Service, February 1)

There’s a Guy with a Problem
Authorities reported that a man stopped for driving erratically was distracted because he was looking at pornography. The 33-year-old Nashville man was charged with felony reckless endangerment after he nearly ran a woman’s vehicle off the road several times. Rutherford County Deputy Tony Hall pulled him over after the woman made a report. In his report, Hall said, “When I made contact with the driver of the suspect vehicle … there were several pornographic magazines on the seat next to him.” (AP News Service, January 31)

‘I Had a Glass Eye, but It Got Better’
A man pulled over by German police for drunk driving tried to pose as an acquaintance but forgot the other man had a glass eye. Police said the driver seemed to have the correct details about the man until their records showed he was registered as having a glass eye. A flashlight shone to the face proved a problem for the driver. A police spokesman said, “His eye responded to stimulus. So then he said he used to have a glass eye, but didn’t any more. It seems he was impersonating someone he knew well.” It turns out the man had already lost his license for a previous offense. (Reuters News Service, February 1)

It Obviously Wasn’t ALL Stolen
A man who called police to report the theft of a quarter-pound bag of marijuana was arrested when police recovered the pot and invited him to come identify it. The man, Kory C. Tippets, 18, had called police on Monday evening after he returned home and found that someone had broken a window, got cut on the glass, and crawled into the house. Tippetts told police the only thing missing was the quarter-pound of marijuana he was selling. Tippetts said that earlier in the day a man had called him about buying some marijuana, but Tippetts was on his way to work and said, “No.” Police inves-
tigated and found the man with a cut on his arm, blood-soaked pants, and six ounces of marijuana. Tippets identified the pot as his and was then arrested and booked for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. (AP News Service, January 31)

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