Boner Candidate #1: RIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSES
A man held an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in his squalid motel room for at least four years in order to steal his benefit checks, authorities said Thursday. Perry Coniglio was arrested Tuesday in his room adjoining the victim’s at a motel in Highlands. The motel sits next door to the police station in the Hudson Valley town, about 50 miles north of New York City. Coniglio, 43, used brute force and intimidation to get the mentally diminished veteran to cooperate with him, police said. The elderly man has advanced dementia, according to police. Police Chief Jack Quinn said the veteran received a “tremendous amount of money” each month in Social Security benefits, pension checks and food stamps, though investigators would not divulge the exact total. The veteran was taken to a hospital for evaluation. His name hasn’t been released by police.
Boner Candidate #2: HOW DARE YOU LIKE MY HAT
A man who was complimented on his ball cap was charged with 13 felonies Wednesday for allegedly opening fire on the man who complimented him, according to charging documents. Aldo Gonzalez, 25, of South Jordan, who goes the by street moniker Doughboy, was charged in 3rd District Court with 10 counts of illegal discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony; possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a second-degree felony; fleeing, a third-degree felony; failing to stop at the command of a law enforcer, a class A misdemeanor; and possession of counterfeit labeling tools, a third-degree felony. On July 1, a man at a restaurant spotted Gonzalez wearing a San Francisco 49ers hat and told him it was cool, according to the charges. When the man returned home, he was approached by Gonzalez and another man who asked, “What set you claim?” before firing 10 rounds at him, according to the charges. The man, however, was not injured.
Boner Candidate #3: STEALING FROM THE DEAD
Police in Tennessee say a woman stole the wallet from a crash victim, then used his credit card at a convenience store instead of calling 911. Brittney McCoy, 26, of Greenbrier, was arrested last week and charged with burglary, tampering with evidence, theft of property and fraudulent use of a credit card. Police say McCoy was the first person to spot the July 1 pickup truck crash outside her home. Ronald Lewis Clinard, 67, died in the crash. Authorities said it’s unclear if Clinard was still alive when McCoy arrived on the scene and took his wallet. Police said they’re looking into whether a pistol was also taken. Clinard’s credit card was used to buy beer, cigarettes and other items, police said, explaining that surveillance video captured McCoy making the purchases
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