GM returns stolen Corvette to owner after 33 years

DETROIT (AP) — The last time George Talley saw his beloved 1979 Chevrolet Corvette was when he parked it on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit in 1981.

That was 33 years ago, and Talley had believed the sports car was long gone until a surprise June 13 phone call from auto insurer AAA telling him his Vette was at a police station in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, about 840 miles southwest of Detroit.

"It was a lucky day to hear that my car had been found," Talley said Tuesday in a release. "They told me it was running, had 47,000 miles on it and was ready for me to pick up!"

GM Product Development Executive Vice President Mark Reuss heard the story and offered to ship the car back to Detroit where it was delivered Tuesday morning to Talley at the automaker's world headquarters — about three miles from where it was stolen.

"George's story brought a smile to my face," Reuss said. "As a longtime Corvette owner myself, I know the passion the car inspires. I also knew that car belonged home in Detroit, with its rightful owner, and we could make that happen."

Talley, 71, has owned three other Corvettes, but the 1979 model was his favorite, according to GM.

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Missouri woman's pet monkey stolen in Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Police in western Colorado say a man stole a Missouri woman's pet monkey that she was trying to sell.

Grand Junction police say the man pepper-sprayed the woman and fled with the carrier holding the monkey on Monday. The Daily Sentinel reports (http://goo.gl/NnmkVL ) that the woman traveled to Grand Junction to meet with the potential buyer in the parking lot of a local hotel.

The monkey, a black cap Capuchin, is illegal to have in Colorado. Police and wildlife officials say they don't anticipate charges against the woman.

Police are looking for a man they say is 5 feet 5 inches tall and between 35 to 40 years old. They say he was wearing glasses and has a thin build and a short beard.

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Man finds his stolen SUV with help from Google Earth

So, there's this guy. He's minding his own business, just scanning Google Earth for a good hunting spot. While perusing the Interwebs, he notices something a little fishy, something that looks like an illegal hunting shack.

The man sets out to investigate with his son. When they get to the coordinates, the man makes an even stranger discovery — what he thought was a hunting shack was actually his SUV that had been stolen in March, according to a report from ABC News.

Yahoo News spoke with Shonna Pierce, public information officer for the George Country Sheriff's Office. Pierce explained the SUV was found on property that's adjacent to the property owned by the victim. "But he's the only one who is allowed to hunt on the land," Pierce said.

Pierce said the SUV was so well-hidden under the brush that the man and his son were 10 feet away before they realized they were looking at a vehicle.

When the SUV was first reported missing, a search was made, but "it was like it literally fell off the face of the Earth," said Pierce.

George County Sheriff Dean Howell told WLOX the SUV was found near an old logging road, which the thief or thieves might have used to park the SUV.

As for the SUV, it was later pulled from the brush with the help of some heavy equipment and appeared to be in decent shape, according to Pierce. An investigation into the theft is ongoing, she said.

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Ill. man arrested in NJ with stolen Wis. cheese

CASHTON, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois man accused of stealing 21 tons of Wisconsin cheese has been arrested in New Jersey.

New Jersey authorities say the 34-year-old man from Plainfield, Ill., was arrested Tuesday afternoon.

New Jersey State Police Lt. Stephen Jones said Wednesday the man was driving a refrigerated truck carrying 42,000 pounds of Muenster cheese. Jones says the cheese company, K&K Cheese in Cashton, Wis., valued the cargo at $200,000.

New Jersey Detective Oliver Sissman tells WISC-TV in Wisconsin that (http://bit.ly/13y6Kd8 ) the suspect used false paperwork to obtain the cheese.

Company spokesman Kevin Everhart says K&K can't guarantee the cheese hasn't been tampered with, so it didn't ask for the product back.

Jones says if the cheese passes inspections by health authorities it will be donated to charity.

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3 of 4 stolen from Calif. reptiles. found

FRESNO, California (AP)--three of the four reptiles that were scrubbed from a Science Museum and thrown together in a bag of garbage during a robbery were recovered Friday, although a Python by 3 feet long remained at large, officials said.

The 3.5-foot monitor lizard savannah, a 7-foot boa Red-tailed length and another 3-foot-long ball python were in good condition, said Mary Ellen Wright, Director of the Center for discovery of Fresno. The authorities were looking for missing python in an area frequented by a suspect, who was arrested.

Wright had been worried about containment of the reptiles together in the bag "because they are deadly enemies," he said.

"It would be like throwing two pit bull in a closed room," he added, noting that the monitor lizard has sharp claws, 2-inch.

The reptiles were taken in a robbery that has puzzled officials and Museum authorities, who have not released a motive. The Museum's education Coordinator, Ian Goudelock, said that the suspect does not seem to be out to intentionally hurt animals even if the Museum planned for the reptilians controlled by a veterinarian.

"It's just a weird theft. We're still trying to figure out why, "he said. "Kind of more or less have a happy ending."

Surveillance Video showed the suspect broke into the Central California Museum sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday, smashing tanks that hold the four reptiles — worth hundreds of dollars — and popped in a garbage bag.

The suspect also went into a souvenir shop and stole the children's toys, the telephone system and the safety monitor, Fresno Bee reported.

Fresno police have not released the suspect's name.

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Applebee’s waitress asks patron for ID, gets own stolen driver’s license in return

 Priddy's Colorado driver's license (9NEWS)

Imagine you're a waitress, out with friends on a night off, when you lose your wallet. Cash, credit cards, driver's license—all gone. Your bank later informs you that checks are being issued in your name.

It's a pain, but you carry on. Two weeks later, you're at work when four people walk in and sit in your section. They start ordering drinks. You ask to see their IDs. A woman in the group hands a driver's license to you. You look down, and it's yours.

That is precisely what police in Colorado say happened to Brianna Priddy, a server at a Lakewood Applebee's.

Priddy, though, didn't panic.

"I handed it back to her and said, 'Sure, I'll be right back with your margarita,'" she told Denver's NBC affiliate.

[Related: Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor]

Priddy called the police, and tried to act normal while waiting for them to arrive.

"I put on my server smile and tried to take care of them, but I was shaking like crazy," she said.

When police arrived, the woman, whose name has not been released, was arrested on suspicion of theft, identity theft and criminal impersonation. Police also found narcotics in her possession.

"Dumb criminal," Lakewood police spokesman Steve Davis told Denver's 9NEWS. "That's the first thing that comes to mind."

Even dumber: the suspect is 26, Davis said.

Watch a local television interview with Priddy below:

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